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Quantum Leaps: Read the Winning Entry in a Physics-Inspired Fiction Contest
The Quantum Shorts competition invited stories incorporating the laws of quantum mechanics
The mind-bending possibilities of quantum physics lend themselves to philosophy -to wondering about the theory’s implications for the meaning of life, the idea of free will, the fate of us all. A talented pool of writers have capitalized on those implications to produce an impressive array of entries in this year’s Quantum Shorts contest, which invites short fiction based on the ideas of quantum mechanics. Scientific American and Nature partnered with the Center for Quantum Technologies in Singapore, which organizes the annual competition.
The Man with the Inexplicable Life
The Man with the Inexplicable Life
There was once a man named Mojud. He lived in a town where he had obtained a post as a small official, and it seemed likely that he would end his days as Inspector of Weights and Measures.
The Man Who Was Easily Angered
A man who was very easily angered realized after many years that all his life he had been in difficulties because of this tendency.
One day he heard of a dervish deep of knowledge, whom he went to see, asking for advice.
Las sutilezas del inimitable Mulá Nasrudín
Puedes leer el libro gratis, aquí:
http://idriesshahfoundation.org/es/libros/las-sutilezas-del-inimitable-mula-nasrudin/
Falsos maestros
R: Esta es una de las preguntas más comunes, y hay casi tantas respuestas como gente que pregunta. Donde haya una cosa verdadera o útil, con seguridad habrá una falsificación. Esto no significa que la intención original fuera mala, pero las cosas resultan mal si no están organizadas correctamente. No hay diferencia entre este problema y aquel del ‘taiwanés herido de amor’: Había una vez un joven en Taiwán que deseaba ardientemente que cierta joven se casase con él. Le escribió cartas durante un período de dos años, a razón de una por día, declarando su amor. Esto continuó, dice United Press, desde 1972 hasta 1976. Sin ese esfuerzo habría sido difícil que la mujer se comprometiese, tal como lo hizo, con el cartero que le llevaba las cartas.
El Buscador de la Verdad
Léelo gratis, aquí:
http://idriesshahfoundation.org/es/libros/el-buscador-de-la-verdad/
Value of Parables
Q: What is the value of parables in ‘learning how to learn’?
A: This one should tell you, by means of itself, what use they are:
