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“We need to live our experience as it is and with our eyes open. The universe is the way it is, whether we like it or not.”
― Lawrence M. Krauss, A Universe from Nothing: Why There Is Something Rather Than Nothing

tags: experience, universe

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“Cormorant fishing:
How stirring,
How saddening”
― Matsuo Bashō, Lips Too Chilled

tags: cormorant, fishing, saddening, stirring

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“For those who find it remarkable that we live in a universe of Something, just wait. Nothingness is heading on a collision course right toward us.”
― Christopher Hitchens

tags: nothingness, something

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“Wintery day,
On my horse
A frozen shadow.”
― Matsuo Bashō, Lips Too Chilled

tags: frozen, horses, wintery-day

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“We live at a very special time. . . the only time when we can observationally verify that we live at a very special time!”
― Lawrence M. Krauss, A Universe from Nothing: Why There Is Something Rather Than Nothing

tags: special-times, time

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Wattpad - Teen Fic / YA Bookclub — 4 members — last activity May 31, 2017 05:09AM
A book club group created on Wattpad but open to everyone. We read young adult, teen and junior fiction spanning over a wide range of genres and sub-g ...more

Science and Inquiry — 4450 members — last activity 7 hours, 31 min ago
This Group explores scientific topics. We have an active monthly book club, as well as discussions on a variety of topics including science in the new ...more

Ultimate Popsugar Reading Challenge — 42319 members — last activity 3 hours, 45 min ago
This group is for people participating in the Popsugar reading challenge for 2025 (or any other year). The Popsugar website posted a reading challenge ...more

Science and Natural History — 1144 members — last activity Sep 22, 2020 01:21PM
This group is for those that just can't get enough of science and the natural world. *** All books are chosen by group members *** ...more

Science, Philosophy and Skeptical reading. — 10 members — last activity May 06, 2017 02:07AM
A monthly reading book club for all books science, philosophy or sceptical. From Carl Sagan to David Hume to Richard Dawkins and beyond.

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