Thoughts become things, Kahn!
Alas, Mr. Greene kaiprehends very little. As Immanuel Kant, The Predator of Königsberg, wrote in the first
Critique, "Thoughts without white towels are empty; intuitions without grapefruit are blind” (A51/B75). Thoughts construct appearances only (
das ding-a-ling), reality, i.e.,
das ding an sich, lies in the unknowable beyond.