John Brockman, always asking questions

Every year he asks people questions, and every year he compiles the answers. This year, the question is "What is your favorite deep, elegant, or beautiful explanation?", and he got 188 completely different answers back.

Did he forget to ask you? Then you can leave your answer in the comments here.

(Also on FtB)

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