The universe was a language with a perfectly ambiguous grammar. Every physical event was an utterance that could be parsed in two entirely different ways, one causal and the other teleological.


Story of Your Life; first appeared in Starlight 2, 1998. - Stories of Your Life and Others (2002)

Ted Chiang Quotes

The universe was a language with a perfectly ambiguous grammar. Every physical event was an utterance that could be parsed in two entirely different...

The universe was a language with a perfectly ambiguous grammar. Every physical event was an utterance that could be parsed in two entirely different...

The universe was a language with a perfectly ambiguous grammar. Every physical event was an utterance that could be parsed in two entirely different...

The universe was a language with a perfectly ambiguous grammar. Every physical event was an utterance that could be parsed in two entirely different...