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		mr12 on Sept 25, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: One-electron universe This idea is very, very old. I first read about it in the book Stalking the Wild Pendulum. http://www.amazon.com/Stalking-Wild-Pendulum-Mechanics-Consc...

shardling on Sept 25, 2013 [–]

Why are you referring to a book that was published well after the quote in the article?

>"Feynman's thesis advisor, John Wheeler, proposed the hypothesis in a telephone call to Feynman in the spring of 1940"

mr12 on Sept 26, 2013 | [–]

Because I'm lazy and didn't read the entire article. You got me.

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