I think that to understand light we'll have to understand the structure underlying time and space more deeply. you can see that these issues are related in the sense that light transcends the present structure of time and space and we will never understand it properly in that present structure.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Understanding light needs deeper time and space insight.
- In plain terms
- Light shows our current view of time and space is limited.
- What can you take from it?
- Study deeper structures to understand light.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- How do you see time?
- What limits your view of light?
Another view
Deep structures may remain beyond human grasp.
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