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Symmetry is a myth

There are no straight lines in the universe

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Mar 05, 2025
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“Symmetry is what we see at a glance; based on the fact
that there is no reason for any difference.”
–Blaise Pascal

There are no straight lines in the universe.
Not in the curl of a wave,
Not in the arch of a spine,
Not in the path of a thought,
We dream them into being.

Symmetry is a myth.

Symmetry is a mind’s shorthand for perfection,
An abstraction, a mathema…

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