Carlo Rovelli All Reality Is Interaction

Published: March 12, 2020, 5:40 p.m.

b'Physicist Carlo Rovelli says humans don\\u2019t understand the world as made by things, \\u201cwe understand the world made by kisses, or things like kisses \\u2014 happenings.\\u201d This everyday truth is as scientific as it is philosophical and political, and it unfolds with unexpected nuance in his science. Rovelli is one of the founders of loop quantum gravity theory and author of the tiny, bestselling book Seven Brief Lessons on Physics and The Order of Time. Seeing the world through his eyes, we understand that there is no such thing as \\u201chere\\u201d or \\u201cnow.\\u201d Instead, he says, our senses convey a picture of reality that narrows our understanding of its fullness.'