The Sum of It All
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This concluding chapter reviews the long road to quantification, drawing especially on ideas introduced in Chapter 1, but also mentioning highlights from the other chapters. It considers two thought experiments, where a thought experiment is defined as an investigation into a scientific question that is carried out only in the imagination. The first is, suppose quantification had not taken place and we had not transformed our worldview to it. The second is, from our current quantified worldview, how we might evolve in the future? The chapter concludes with a quote from Shakespeare’s King Lear is given, describing a state of internal happiness.