“What holds everything together? How is it that Universe is a universe, that it has an identity?”

“Accomplish as much as possible, experience as intensely as possible, but change as little as possible!”

“Perhaps social scientists will be first to identify the elusive factors that drive unexpected results.”

“We had to invent AI, specifically LLMs, before we could understand NI (Natural Intelligence)…i.e. how Universe works.”

“Anything we do that affects something outside us also affects us… Reciprocity is all around us, yet we are oblivious to it.”

“Both individual justice and collective survival require equality of opportunity; neither benefits from artificially imposed equality of result.”

“What if it is the final moment of my life…endures forever in my consciousness?”

“We now accept what (Lewis) Carroll said in jest as a tolerably accurate description of the human condition.”

“Patrick Mahomes is a great player and thus should be your first pick, right? Wrong! Fantasy isn’t reality, where winning NFL games matters most. Focus on projected points instead of Super Bowl rings…” (Mike Hume, New York Times, 8/31/2025)

“We now know that we can ‘transfer time’ among entangled entities…”

“Imagine what it would be like to live in a world where circles actually existed! Perhaps that’s what Hell is.”

“The major discoveries of the 20th century are forcing us to pry open our minds after almost 2,500 years on lockdown.”