“Each of us believes himself to live directly within the world that surrounds him, to sense its objects and events precisely, and to live in real and current time. I assert that these are perceptual illusions ... Each of us lives within the universe - the prison of his own brain.” WorldBelieveRealUniverseBrainEventsObjectsIllusionPrisonCurrentsSurround Author:Vernon Benjamin Mountcastle
“We are now becoming more aware of our links to the universe and are reaching out to the universe for knowledge. We are evolving from earth creatures to star creatures. Our minds now explore the worlds beyond, and we sense a destiny beyond this planet.” WorldMindEarthUniverseStarsDestinyPlanetsBecomingCreaturesEvolveReachingLinksReach OutBecoming More Author:Douglas Cardinal
“If, as you believe there is an Almighty, Omnipresent, Omniscient God, who created the earth or universe, please let me know, first of all, as to why he created this world. This world which is full of woe and grief, and countless miseries, where not even one person lives in peace....Where is God? What is He doing? Is He getting a diseased pleasure out of it? A Nero! A Genghis Khan! Down with Him!” IfsKnowsWorldFirstsBelievePersonsEarthUniversePleasureGriefThis WorldPleaseLet MeMiseryAlmightyWoeDiseasedOmniscientNero Author:Bhagat Singh
“There's the larger shiny Marvel universe where everybody has new gear and it's all made of chrome and leather. And then there's Deadpool. I think the world that he explores is a much seedier, everyday sort of ordinary type world. But he still lives in that universe. It still has to sit next to all these other films.” ThinkingWorldMadeStillsFilmUniverseNextTypeOrdinaryEverydayLeatherGearsStill LifeChrome Author:Timothy Miller
“When we discover New Earth - a planet we could call home - the question of the plurality of worlds will come front and center, reminding us yet again that we are not the center of the universe.” WorldHomeEarthUniverseFrontsPlanetsRemindingNew EarthCenter Of The Universe Book:The Life of Super-Earths: How the Hunt for Alien Worlds and Artificial Cells Will Revolutionize Life on Our Planet Source: The Life of Super-Earths: How the Hunt for Alien Worlds and Artificial Cells Will Revolutionize Life on Our Planet
“In some ways, the great danger for this commodified universe is our boredom with it ... There is this sort of dialectic that you could tease out, that even in this overdeveloped late-capitalist world, that boredom was still this kind of critical energy that you could work on and try to theorize and then act on, to find other kinds of belonging, other kinds of desire, other kinds of life.” WorldTryingKindDesireUniverseEnergyDangerBoredomBelongingTease Author:McKenzie Wark