Once you can accept the universe as matter expanding into nothing that is something, wearing stripes with plaid comes easy.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Accepting the vast and abstract nature of the universe makes trivial inconsistencies like wearing stripes with plaid seem easy to accept.
- In plain terms
- If you can grasp big cosmic truths, small contradictions in life are easy to handle.
- What can you take from it?
- Perspective on large truths helps you tolerate small absurdities.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What big truths help you accept small problems?
- How does perspective change your tolerance?
Another view
This analogy simplifies the difficulty of accepting complex scientific truths.
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