Today, Wilson resumed our discussion of Reality:
'Leonard Susskind and Gerard t' Hooft think that everything is a holographic projection from the Event Horizon of a Black Hole, while the Copenhagen Interpretation says that things are only real while you're looking at them!' he explained. 'That means that as soon as you leave the room, New Dad, you cease to exist because I can't see you. And I cease to exist, because you can't see me.'
'Really?' I asked, 'Is that really what it means?'
'Absolutely' W confirmed. 'So when you leave the room, will you keep talking to me so I know you still exist? I'm keeping Antony with me all the time too, so he doesn't stop existing!'
I had to agree to keep talking or singing or making some kind of noise whenever I was out of Wilson's sight, to reassure him that I still existed.
This is exactly why I try to keep W away from articles on philosophy!
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