“He was one of those people who stared at you with a meaningful smile on their face, as if he was somehow intellectually...
This is the cover I wanted to run with. Ah well.
Inside publishing jokes are just the best.
Let’s all take a moment.
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Adorable.
“Galileo had been diagnosed with death: this was what the first page said. He, too, had been diagnosed with death, his own, and now. In fear he looked into himself and saw he was a small and paltry thing. He took his telescope and looked up at the sky. He saw the stars were distant and indifferent. He took his microscope and looked at the cells of his body. He saw they lived and died without concern for him.”
From Phi: A Voyage from the Brain to the Soul by Giulio Tononi
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I want to read this.
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