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anything can happen

 

The New York Times (25 December 2015) : A4-A23 (gutter detail)
epigram from full-page ad (A23, halftone sliver at right) for TheTimesCenter “event space.” *

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1. In the absence of a theory, anything can happen.
   D. W. Sciama (1926-99 *), Modern Cosmology (1971) : 100

2. On this question indeed the early philosophers are divided.
   Aristotle “On Coming Into Being and Passing Away” (“De Generatione et Corruptione”)
   Book I, Part 1 ( translation; wikipedia )

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transcript of Alan Lightman interview with Sciama, American Institute of Physics / Oral Histories.
 

27 December 2015

tags:
epiphenomenon; marginalia; matter; NYT; rounds
Aristotle; D. W. Sciama