"For the next many years (we hope) these tiny particles will uncomplainingly engage in all the billions of deft, cooperative efforts necessary to keep you intact and let you experience the supremely agreeable but generally underappreciated state known as existence."
Here Bryson is talking about the atoms that piece together to make up a person. I actually think that I enjoyed the introduction more than the actual chapter. It got me questioning my reality and existence, and was completely mind-blowing. It's such a simple concept, we're all made up of tiny particles, but to think of it in the context of our life and our purpose is really crazy. My very broad subject of wondering is why we're here, and why these tiny particles make us. Why aren't we just tiny particles? Are tiny particles made up of tiny particles? In the context of the universe, are we just tiny particles? This quote was an excellent start to the book, but almost a little distracting. Nonetheless, it got me thinking, and was very interesting.
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I found your question "Why aren't we just tiny particles?" extremely interesting and eye opening. I want the answers to that same question, and it made me want to know answers to even more questions. Such as, why do these particles differ in everyone, or do they even? Are there different forms of particles, or are they all the same? And even the random question: How do humans form emotions through just tiny particles?
Great quote and probing questions!
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