By John Horgan — 2021
Theories that try to explain these big metaphysical mysteries fall short, making agnosticism the only sensible stance
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Einstein hated "spooky action at a distance," but much to his chagrin, quantum mechanics remains as spooky as ever.
Here’s what Einstein meant when he spoke of cosmic dice and the “secrets of the Ancient One.”
Einstein, like Spinoza, never sought comfort from a traditional God or felt the need for moral instruction from religion.
With the turn of the 20th century, the field of physics underwent two major transformations, roughly at the same time. The first was Einstein's General Theory of Relativity, which dealt with the universal realm of physics.
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The letters, which were addressed to Caltech theoretical physicist Paul Epstein, describe Einstein’s qualms about quantum theory, which he called “incomplete” in one letter.