Monday, September 10, 2012

Quantum Uncertainty Poses No Obstacles to Knowledge (preview)

Quantum Uncertainty Poses No Obstacles to Knowledge (preview):
Late in the 19th century an unknown artist depicted a traveler who reaches the horizon, where the sky meets the ground. Kneeling in a stylized terrestrial landscape, he pokes his head through the firmament to experience the unknown [ see illustration on page 89 ]. The image, known as the Flammarion engraving, illustrates the human quest for knowledge. Two possible interpretations of the visual metaphor correspond to two sharply different conceptions of knowledge.
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