Twenty questions
About this book
Universe
– It’s bigger than a breadbox.
Spacetime
– We move across two extents.
Energy
– Energy is all about you.
Light
– It takes off at its own speed.
Matter
– Matter is only a matter of scale.
Gravity
– Gravity is a reality and a metaphor.
Life
– We have always pretended we are unique.
Creation
– The miracle of creation continues every minute.
Gender
– You’d think that genders wouldn’t be needed.
Consciousness
– Two mirrors reflect an endless portrait.
Homo sapiens
– We say we are a species.
Dreams, hopes, legends
– We’ve learned to imagine.
Visions
– We can stress ourselves to elicit visions.
Lifetime and death
– They seem like a condition of being.
Cellular automata
– The governing rules are simple.
God
– God is the creator, they say.
Angels and devils
– They don’t obey the laws of physics.
Suffering
– Suffering seems unnecessarily cruel.
Attachment
– Attachment is not a goal.
Enlightenment
– I fool myself with thinking.