Toph Tucker

0. “No matter how many instances of white swans we may have observed, this does not justify the conclusion that all swans are white.” Karl Popper

1. “In a system, a process that occurs will tend to increase the total entropy of the universe.” Second Law of Thermodynamics

2. “There is no theorem that says that the interesting things in the world are conserved; only the total of everything.” Richard Feynman

3. “We have to build the Republic of Heaven where we are, because for us there is no elsewhere.” Philip Pullman, The Amber Spyglass

4. “There lies before us, if we choose, continual progress in happiness, knowledge, and wisdom. Shall we, instead, choose death, because we cannot forget our quarrels? We appeal as human beings to human beings: Remember your humanity, and forget the rest. If you can do so, the way lies open to a new Paradise; if you cannot, there lies before you the risk of universal death.” The Russell-Einstein Manifesto (1955)