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Three certainties in life: Death, taxes and the speed of light – wait no, maybe not that last one

Alistair
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All this chatter about a (previously) universal constant

Possibly not being constant, and no one has mentioned Neal Stephenson's Anathem?

Some day i want to have a meal with that guy.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anathem

Recently read that -- there are a couple of assumptions in there that make the physical world shimmer when you read them and the math sets in.

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