to study something is to enter into a relation with that thing, to form correlations that allow us to represent, simplify and predict how that thing, that process, will unfold. to understand is to identify with the thing understood, to construct a parallel between something in the structure of our synapses and the structure of the object in which we are interested. knowledge is a correlation between two parts of nature. understanding is a more abstract but also a more intimate commonality between our minds and phenomena. this interweaving of correlations — between the endless richness of our individual and collective memory, and the fabulous richness of the structure of … Continue reading Trous blancs / White Holes (Carlo Rovelli)