I had the idea that it would be wonderful to be a physicist or a mathematician maybe 500 … - David Chalmers

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David Chalmers

I had the idea that it would be wonderful to be a physicist or a mathematician maybe 500 years ago around the time of Newton when there were really fundamental things just lying around to be discovered.

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