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=== How queer is our universe? === | |||
Quote Investigator: The earliest match in this family of expressions known to QI was written by [[J. B. S. Haldane (nonfiction)|J. B. S. Haldane]] in an essay titled “Possible Worlds” published within a 1927 collection. | |||
<blockquote>Now, my own suspicion is that the universe is not only queerer than we suppose, but queerer than we can suppose. I have read and heard many attempts at a systematic account of it, from materialism and theosophy to the Christian system or that of Kant, and I have always felt that they were much too simple. I suspect that there are more things in heaven and earth than are dreamed of, or can be dreamed of, in any philosophy. | |||
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During the ensuing decades the phrasing and vocabulary of the statement have been altered to yield many variants. In addition, the attribution has shifted. Based on current evidence the ascriptions to [[Arthur Eddington (nonfiction)|Arthur Eddington]] and [[Werner Heisenberg (nonfiction)|Werner Heisenberg]]. are unsupported. | |||
* [https://quoteinvestigator.com/2018/12/25/universe/ ] @ Quote Investigator | |||
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Online diary of Karl Jones for Wednesday December 23, 2020.
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How queer is our universe?
Quote Investigator: The earliest match in this family of expressions known to QI was written by J. B. S. Haldane in an essay titled “Possible Worlds” published within a 1927 collection.
Now, my own suspicion is that the universe is not only queerer than we suppose, but queerer than we can suppose. I have read and heard many attempts at a systematic account of it, from materialism and theosophy to the Christian system or that of Kant, and I have always felt that they were much too simple. I suspect that there are more things in heaven and earth than are dreamed of, or can be dreamed of, in any philosophy.
During the ensuing decades the phrasing and vocabulary of the statement have been altered to yield many variants. In addition, the attribution has shifted. Based on current evidence the ascriptions to Arthur Eddington and Werner Heisenberg. are unsupported.
- [1] @ Quote Investigator