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Meaning varies with spatial scale | blogjou

David Eagleman

Sum - Forty tales from the afterlives

p. 16
05 Jul 2023

Meaning varies with spatial scale


Do you think it would have any meaning at all if you displayed of of your your Shakespearian plays to a bacterium? Of course not. Meaning varies with spatial scale. So we have concluded that communicating with her is not impossible, but it is pointless.