Brian Greene is an American theoretical physicist, mathematician, string theorist, and cofounder of the World Science Festival. Greene is a bestselling author of many books on quantum physics.
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If the whole universe has no meaning, we should never have found out that it has no meaning: just as, if there were no light in the universe and therefore no creatures with eyes, we should never know it was dark. Dark would be without meaning.
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We meet no ordinary people in our lives.
Mental pain is less dramatic than physical pain, but it is more common and also more hard to bear. The frequent attempt to conceal mental pain increases the burden: it is easier to say ‘My tooth is aching’ than to say ‘My heart is broken.’
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