15 Best quotes from "Meditations", Marcus Aurelius' masterpiece

15 Best quotes from “Meditations”, Marcus Aurelius’ masterpiece

Do you know Marcus Aurelius? He is the last of the Five Good Emperors who ruled the Roman Empire between 61 and 180 and served between 96 and 180. Marcus, who received a good education in his childhood, was influenced by the Stoic Philosophy, which Zeno pioneered, which argues that being happy comes from being virtuous.

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Fitting the entire universe in a single picture frame

Fitting the entire universe in a single picture frame

First, let’s imagine a vast space with huge, gigantic galaxies. Next, let’s imagine a quantum kingdom dominated by very, very small particles. The laws to which each is subject are different; a microstructure dominated by the laws of relativity in the first and strange laws in the other. We also have our classical reality defined by Newton’s laws.

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Who's building the metaverse?

Who’s building the metaverse?

Facebook changed its name last week to Meta Platforms Inc to signal its focus on the metaverse, which it thinks will be the successor to the mobile internet. The metaverse broadly refers to the idea of a shared virtual platform that people can access through different devices and where they can move through digital environments.

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Why do all living things use the same genetic code?

Why do all living things use the same genetic code?

As everyone knows, the genetic code is a chemical code that determines what a living thing will be, what it will look like, how its structures are formed and how it will function, and it is stored in our genes. The sequence of chemicals in our genes, which are given nucleic acids, determines our genetic code. For example, humans have 3.2 billion nucleotides (a chemical compound consisting of nucleic acid + phosphorus + sugar)

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NASA seems pretty sure where to find Martian life

NASA seems pretty sure where to find Martian life

NASA scientists are now pretty sure of where to find Martian life. The Mars rover Perseverance was launched from Florida on July 30, 2020. The vehicle, the size of a large family car, landed in Jezero Crater on February 18. Researchers estimate that 3.5 billion years ago the crater contained a deep lake in conditions that could have supported extraterrestrial life.

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Why did Galileo feel the need to write his famous letter?

Why did Galileo feel the need to write his famous letter?

In 1615, Galileo wrote a letter to Grand Duchess Christina, mother of his patron Cosimo de Medici, containing his work and defense of the Copernican System, and the letter was published in 1636. However, before this date, it was widely read and shared in intellectual circles.

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