The illusion of reality

[little_monkey]

THE ILLUSION OF REALITY

Your comments, please.

[.lava]

Originally Posted by little_monkey

THE ILLUSION OF REALITY

wow that's long! i am gonna download it so i could watch later




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[Willamena]

Originally Posted by little_monkey

Your comments, please.

The first 30 seconds are pretty.

[little_monkey]

Huh, 30 seconds? What about the rest??

[Willamena]

Okay, I sat and watched the whole thing. It's quite good (although long). Most of it I hadn't heard before. Marvelous stuff. I bought a book by Feynman once that like so many before it got relegated to the shelf. I should pull it out and read it.

[Kungfuzed]

I'm amazed how most of what we're made of is just empty space, but the empty space isn't really empty. It makes me wonder if particles can be broken down indefinitely and that we really aren't made of anything at all, that all physical matter is just an illusion.

[little_monkey]

Originally Posted by Kungfuzed

I'm amazed how most of what we're made of is just empty space, but the empty space isn't really empty. It makes me wonder if particles can be broken down indefinitely and that we really aren't made of anything at all, that all physical matter is just an illusion.

Yeah, that is the main surprise: Matter is mainly made up of space, and the vacuum -- supposedly empty space -- is made up of energy quantum fluctuations.

[little_monkey]

Originally Posted by Willamena

Okay, I sat and watched the whole thing. It's quite good (although long). Most of it I hadn't heard before. Marvelous stuff. I bought a book by Feynman once that like so many before it got relegated to the shelf. I should pull it out and read it.

Which book is it? It must be very valuable today...