Updates on Science and Poetry

Maybe impermanence works faster in science than in poetry. I learned recently that the initial singularity model for what led to the Big Bang is already outdated. Who knew? It will take a lot longer, though, for poetry about it to be outdated. A case in point is Marie Howe’s poem Singularity, which I mentioned in a previous post and recite in this podcast.

Meanwhile, modern visionaries are combining philosophy with science, especially quantum physics and artificial intelligence, to grope for models of reality. I find the ideas of physicist Federico Faggin, who designed the first microprocessor, and Bernardo Kastrup, who holds PhDs in philosophy and computer engineering, fascinating and almost congruent with Buddhist teachings.

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