A physicist who thinks he’s just particles

Edward Feser, Catholic World Report

Thursday, August 27, 2020

It can be charming when a child pretends that he is a cloud, or a boulder, or a lion, or even – I suppose – a collection of particles. It’s considerably less charming when a grown man does it, and when he is a grown man with a Ph.D. and a tenured position at Columbia, it’s downright embarrassing.

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