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Physicist David Wolpert on how to study concepts beyond imagination

Physicist David Wolpert on how to study concepts beyond imagination

11 April 2023

There is probably a plane of knowledge beyond the grasp of human minds. But mathematician and physicist David Wolpert says it is still possible to explore this unimaginable realm
The paradoxes of Zen Buddhism could help us grasp fundamental physics

The paradoxes of Zen Buddhism could help us grasp fundamental physics

4 September 2019

If you're struggling to understand the mysteries of quantum physics and relativity, you need all the help you can get – even borrowing Buddhist mysticism, shows a new book

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