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Quantum Mechanics is different. Its weirdness is evident without comparison. It is harder to train your mind to have quantum mechanical tuition, because quantum mechanics shatters our own personal, individual conception of reality

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Brian Greene
Age: 61
Born: 1963
Born: February 9
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Brian Randolph Greene
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