There does seem to be a sense in which physics has gone beyond what human intuition can understand. We shouldn't be too surprised about that because we're evolved to understand things that move at a medium pace at a medium scale. We can't cope with the very tiny scale of quantum physics or the very large scale of relativity. β¨ Of mind and matter: David Attenborough meets Richard Dawkins. The Guardian Interview, www.theguardian.com. September 10, 2010.
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