The Magic of Madness

Don't look too hard at consciousness. You might get dizzy.

I find it difficult to stick with TV series. So in anticipation of Netflix’s upcoming show which I will probably not watch, I decided to pick up and read Three Body Problem by Cixin Liu. (Don’t worry, no spoilers — I’m just getting started with the novel.)

In the first 100 pages or so, the following passage caught my eye:

Many of the best scientists can b…