Human science fragments everything in order to understand it, kills everything in order to examine it.

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When we try to understand the world around us, we break it down into its smallest parts. But when we try to examine it, we kill it. We want to know everything there is to know about the human body, so we dissect it. We want to know everything about the earth, so we drill down into core samples.

We want to understand how all of these things fit together, so we build models and computer simulations. We want to know how our brains work, so we use technology to put electrical signals into them and then out again. We use technology to figure out how our minds work, but that very technology also is at the core of what makes us human.

We are personally connected to every single thing in the world around us.

Source: War And Peace

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