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...endless series of Big Bangs and Big Crunches--an endless chain of past and future universes, born, collapsed and recreated, each inheriting something from the previous one, an eternal cosmic drama taking place in an N-dimensional space that our three-dimensional brain and senses will never fully comprehend...
...seen this degree of animosity,'' said Reich. ``I can't explain it.'' Well, listen, Mr. Secretary, we're not talking about some garden-variety dysfunctional family here. These are selfish, spoiled sorts--billionaire owners who treat their teams as toys and millionaire players who charge kids for autographs. To comprehend the distrust between the two sides in this dispute, look to Northern Ireland for guidance...
...human mind can't easily comprehend huge expanses of time. Once the years run into the tens of thousands, our brain lumps them together into an undifferentiated mass. The catchall term prehistoric art works perfectly with this sort of thinking. It sounds like just another episode in art history-modern art, Renaissance art, Byzantine art, prehistoric...
...there is nothing wrong with working in banking and finance. Simply because the social utility of these fields is more difficult to explain or comprehend does in no way diminish their contribution to the public good...
There's a radiant moment in Tom Stoppard's Hapgood , which opened in revival last week at Manhattan's Lincoln Center, when Kerner, a Russian physicist and spy, celebrates the littleness of atoms. The public, he explains to the woman he loves, simply doesn't comprehend how minuscule the particles truly are. He tells her, "I could put an atom into your hand for every second since the world began, and you would have to squint to see the dot of atoms in your palm." Some men offer their beloved the moon. Kerner offers his a speck in her palm...