如果我们不去看，宇宙是否存在?

“我们有一个旧的想法，‘外面’是宇宙，‘这里’是我们人类，观察者……但今天我们认识到，宇宙是一个相互参与的宇宙，所以我们必须简单地把‘观察者’这个词换成‘参与者’。”

——约翰·惠勒，美国量子物理学先驱

“物体并不局限于空间或时间的盒子里。这是另一种方式:空间和时间来自物体。”

——莫顿

“物体并不局限于空间或时间的盒子里。这是另一种方式:空间和时间来自物体。”

——莫顿

DOES THE UNIVERSE EXIST IF WE ARE NOT LOOKING?

“WE HAD THE OLD IDEA THAT “OUTSIDE” IS THE UNIVERSE AND “HERE” ARE WE PEOPLE, THE OBSERVERS [...] .BUT TODAY WE REALIZE THAT THE UNIVERSE IS A UNIVERSE OF MUTUAL PARTICIPATION, AND SO WE HAVE TO SIMPLY REPLACE THE WORD “OBSERVERS” WITH THE NEW WORD PARTICIPANTS.”

– JOHN WHEELER, AMERICAN PIONEER OF QUANTUM PHYSICS

"OBJECTS DON'T SIT IN A BOX OF SPACE OR TIME. IT'S THE OTHER WAY AROUND: SPACE AND TIME EMANATE FROM OBJECTS."

– TIMOTHY MORTON

"OBJECTS DON'T SIT IN A BOX OF SPACE OR TIME. IT'S THE OTHER WAY AROUND: SPACE AND TIME EMANATE FROM OBJECTS."

– TIMOTHY MORTON