So arrogant
Saw a quote today about this from a scientist that said something like if this is true, then we don't know anything about anything. Of course we don't! We are so far from fundamentally understanding things, it's silly.
How much further along are we, really, from how we humans viewed the cosmos when we ascribed the movement of stars and even the reasons for weather to anthropomorphic entities, than we are now? We can see more, we can better explain what we see - but only within our own perceptual restrictions, which are pretty darned significant. Every machine we build, every new formula we devise comes from *us* and *our* needs and perceptions.
Thinking we know, even ever, what makes all of this tick is simply arrogant. We are an infinitesimally small part of this machine and clearly inconsequential. That is not to say it is not in us and beneficial as a species to us to discover. It's clearly a part of our need to survive. But, there are things beneath and inside of everything that we can perceive that are most likely unreachable. Why would this grand system give life forms, such as we are, the ultimate ability to fully understand - and then possibly control - our surroundings and ultimate destiny. We are not smart enough, and that would not be a good system design. So far, it seems it's going to outlast us, no?
That said, the pure joy of finding things like this is truly exciting. It's all we got!
