Michael CrichtonIn the end, it became clear that all scientists were participants in a participatory universe which did not allow anyone to be a mere observer.
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Stephen Hawking said, "In the end, it became clear that all scientists were participants in a participatory universe which did not allow anyone to be a mere observer." The universe is filled with energy and matter, but scientists are taught that they are separate. They are told that they are observers of the universe, but they are just as much actors within it. Hawking writes that science can't solve some problems because it is based on models of the way things are. Models are only theories, not facts.
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