“In this model, the sun is a very tiny speck of dust indeed-a speck less than a three-thousandth of an inch in diameter ... Think of the sun as something less than a speck of dust in a vast city, of the earth as less than a millionth part of such a speck of dust, and we have perhaps as vivid a picture as the mind can really grasp of the relation of our home in space to the rest of the universe.” ThinkingMindHomeEarthScienceUniverseThreeSpaceCitiesSunModelsRelationTinyDustInchesVividSpecks Author:James Jeans
“Kant, discussing the various modes of perception by which the human mind apprehends nature, concluded that it is specially prone to see nature through mathematical spectacles. Just as a man wearing blue spectacles would see only a blue world, so Kant thought that, with our mental bias, we tend to see only a mathematical world.” MenWorldMindHumansScienceNaturePerceptionMathematicsBlueVariousMathematicalHuman MindBiasDiscussingSpectacles Book:The Mysterious Universe [New Revised Edition] Source: The Mysterious Universe [New Revised Edition]
“The stream of knowledge is heading towards a non-mechanical reality; the universe begins to look more like a great thought than like a machine. Mind no longer appears to be an accidental intruder into the realm of matter...we ought rather hail it as the creator and governor of the realm of matter.” MindLooksMatterRealityUniverseOughtMachinesCreatorRealmsStreamsGovernorsJeansHeadingsHailIntruders Book:The Mysterious Universe [New Revised Edition] Source: The Mysterious Universe [New Revised Edition]
