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Number 61

by Matthew Gipp

The Burden of Omniscence

December 7, 2009 at 8:12 AM #

If the temperature fluctuations of the cosmic microwave background (read: the universe) could be represented by a finite amount of water—and it can; as far as we know, the universe is finite—would drinking all of it at once be a danger to science?

Via New Scientist, the downside of knowing everything all at once.

Tagged: cosmos, Science

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