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" There is no essence, but there is a flux that is more real than any instance of the flux, such as a milk bottle or a tiger. "

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" I used to keep a folder with all my rejection letters in it - a few years into having a job, I burned it. "

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" The noises Russia makes on the world stage are deeply misogynist, homophobic and racist. "

" I love David Bohm. I started to get into speculative realism because I started reading his work. "

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" I discover in my experiential space evidence for the wrongness of solipsism, and this evidence is called beauty. "

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" I'm not unhappy with the idea of appealing to people's self-interest if that's what makes them understand something about the non-human world. "