Can we build a conceptual framework for thinking about the world that is compatible with what we have learned about it from both theories?
Here, in the vanguard, beyond the borders of knowledge, science becomes even more beautiful—incandescent in the forge of nascent ideas, of intuitions, of attempts. Of roads taken and then abandoned, of enthusiasms. In the effort to imagine what has not yet been imagined,
Twenty years ago the fog was thick. Today paths have appeared that have elicited enthusiasm and optimism. There are more than one of these, so it can't be said that the problem has been resolved. The multiplicity generates controversy, but the debate is healthy: until the fog has lifted completely, it's good to have criticism and opposing views.
-Carlo Rovelli, Seven Brief Lessons on Physics
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