User:Fasten/YHVH/Dictionary/universe
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- "I had to admit that it was a deeply unsettling notion: a language which could encompass,
- if not the universe itself, then everything we could possibly experience of it."
universe :
- a personal perception universe.
- a physical system (of significant dimensions) -> the metaphorical universe is a semantic (linguistic) system of significant dimensions.
- This dictionary describes a tiny excerpt.
[edit] Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
"In the beginning the Universe was created. This has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move."
"There is a theory which states that if ever anyone discovers exactly what the Universe is for and why it is here, it will instantly disappear and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable."
"It is also important to realise that they are not, strictly speaking, universes either, but it is easiest if you try and realise that a little later, after you've realised that everything you've realised up to that moment is not true."
"Everything you see or hear or experience in any way at all is specific to you. You create a universe by perceiving it, so everything in the universe you perceive is specific to you."
Arthur looked at him doubtfully. "Can I get that at the spaceport, too?" he said.
"Check it out," said the old man.
"It says in the brochure," said Arthur, pulling it out of his pocket and looking at it again, "that I can have a special prayer, individually tailored to me and my special needs."
Oh, all right," said the old man. "Here's a prayer for you. Got a pencil?'
"Yes," said Arthur.
"It goes like this. Let's see now: 'Protect me from knowing what I don't need to know. Protect me from even knowing that there are things to know that I don't know. Protect me from knowing that I decided not to know about the things that I decided not to know about. Amen.' That's it. It's what you pray silently inside yourself anyway, so you may as well have it out in the open."
