The effort to understand the universe is one of the very few things that lifts human life a little above the level of farce, and gives it some of the grace of tragedy.
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Whatever your religious persuasion, if you believe that that the universe is governed by benign forces, at some point you have to explain why there is so much suffering, misfortune and misery in the world.
No one who has understood even a fraction of what science has told us about the universe can fail to be in awe of both the cosmos and of science.
I think my proper response is complete amazement and awe at the universe that we are in, and how it works is just far more complicated than humans will ever properly understand.
We simply do not understand our place in the universe and have not the courage to admit it.
One of the things I do know is we know very little about our universe. Even though we think we know a lot, and we do know a lot more than we used to, we have a lot to learn about our universe.
In order to understand the world, one has to turn away from it on occasion.
Human beings understand too much.
Without understanding yourself, what is the use of trying to understand the world?
I believe everyone should have a broad picture of how the universe operates and our place in it. It is a basic human desire. And it also puts our worries in perspective.
Our ability to perceive the world around us seems so effortless that we tend to take it for granted.
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