Relax.
We have it on divine authority:
Casual observers may believe though we may not have all the answers, the puzzle pieces we already have reveal a coherent picture, & now it's merely a matter of filling in the gaps. BUT !
Expert opinion may differ.
Stuff we don't know:
- How do magnets work?
- What was there before the big bang?
- Are there parallel universes?
- Is our cosmos infinite in space? In time?
- If our cosmos began with a "big bang", will it end with a "big crunch"?
Or perhaps a few of the more terrestrial mysteries?
Upon finding the magic lamp the man frees its genie, and is granted a single wish.
"I have always wanted to go to Hawaii, but flying terrifies me, & I get unendurably sea sick on any boat. So I wish for a road from here to Hawaii."
The stunned genie plied the man with reason. "That would be a monumental engineering feat. Miles tall pilings traversing the abyssal plain. The material alone to support & pave such a roadway would level entire mountain ranges flat, thereby severely changing planetary weather patterns forever.
Then there are problems like continental drift. Isn't there any other wish I can grant you instead?" Frowning in thought, the man suddenly brightens. "I've got it!
I've always wanted to understand women, what explains their inappropriate emotional outbursts. Why is their tyrannical fury directly proportional to the vagueness and ambiguity of the trap they laid to provoke it? That's what I want to know."
The genie grudgingly nods his acceptance,and replies, "So, do you need four lanes or will you settle for two?"
- badda boom badda swish -
We have it on divine authority:
We're not there yet.
Casual observers may believe though we may not have all the answers, the puzzle pieces we already have reveal a coherent picture, & now it's merely a matter of filling in the gaps. BUT !
Expert opinion may differ.
In layman's terms, the more answers we obtain, the more questions they raise.
Stuff we don't know:
- How do magnets work?
- What was there before the big bang?
- Are there parallel universes?
- Is our cosmos infinite in space? In time?
- If our cosmos began with a "big bang", will it end with a "big crunch"?
Or perhaps a few of the more terrestrial mysteries?
Upon finding the magic lamp the man frees its genie, and is granted a single wish.
"I have always wanted to go to Hawaii, but flying terrifies me, & I get unendurably sea sick on any boat. So I wish for a road from here to Hawaii."
The stunned genie plied the man with reason. "That would be a monumental engineering feat. Miles tall pilings traversing the abyssal plain. The material alone to support & pave such a roadway would level entire mountain ranges flat, thereby severely changing planetary weather patterns forever.
Then there are problems like continental drift. Isn't there any other wish I can grant you instead?" Frowning in thought, the man suddenly brightens. "I've got it!
I've always wanted to understand women, what explains their inappropriate emotional outbursts. Why is their tyrannical fury directly proportional to the vagueness and ambiguity of the trap they laid to provoke it? That's what I want to know."
The genie grudgingly nods his acceptance,and replies, "So, do you need four lanes or will you settle for two?"
- badda boom badda swish -
