If we could finally construct a picture of the global fractal geometry of the universe, what would it look like?

As a multidimensional object, it would have many different guises depending on which dimensions in state space we decide to probe.

To what would these different guises correspond?

Perhaps the multifaceted face of God?

Tim Palmer, Primacy of Doubt

No matter how much of the physical universe we fathom, what makes us quintessentially human eludes us to some degree, because it’s impossible for a system to observe itself with much objectivity.

When it comes to powerful emotions—love, for instance—each couple rediscovers it, each generation redefines it.

Of course, that makes studying human nature all the more sporting.

Diane Ackerman, Deep Play