Nature is a Haunted House, and Scientists Find the Ghosts

How science ironically re-enchants the cosmos, leading to a dire existential reckoning

Benjamin Cain
Grim Tidings
Published in
7 min readApr 16, 2024

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AI-generated image by Nam Pham from Pixabay

Emily Dickinson once wrote, “Nature is a haunted house — but Art — is a house that tries to be haunted.”

I think what she meant is that an artist wants her artwork to seem natural, which means that…

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Benjamin Cain
Grim Tidings

Ph.D. in philosophy / Knowledge condemns. Art redeems. / https://ko-fi.com/benjamincain / benjamincain8@gmailDOTcom