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We seem to inhabit a universe made up of a small number of elements-particles-bits that swirl in chaotic clouds, occasionally clustering together in geometrically logical temporary configurations.

Timothy Leary

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Timothy Leary
Age: 75 †
Born: 1920
Born: October 22
Died: 1996
Died: May 31
Actor
Psychologist
Writer
Springfield
Massachusetts
Timothy Francis Leary
Universe
Logical
Swirl
Seems
Clouds
Configuration
Together
Elements
Swirls
Made
Number
Inhabit
Seem
Chaotic
Numbers
Particles
Clustering
Bits
Occasionally
Geometrically
Small
Temporary
Configurations

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