I have no doubt that in reality the future will be vastly more surprising than anything I can imagine. Now my own suspicion is that the universe is not only queerer than we suppose, but queerer than we can suppose.
- J.B.S. Haldane Humanity has reached a period of evolutionary and technological adolescence. The transitions brought about by modern science and technology – tempered with wisdom and caution – can lead us to deeper, unexplored paths of wisdom and experience. Let us not jump to short-sighted or hasty conclusions in assuming the extent of Nature itself, for our knowledge is finite. Nature need not confine itself to the limitations of our perception. Upon close enough examination, even the most fundamentally held tenets of objective reality break down. What are the implications of these discoveries? The discordant nature of current interpretations of physical reality suggests that our theoretical models are incomplete. It is premature to suppose that we have reached the last steps of our journey in understanding the universe. To the contrary, we have yet to even leave the womb of our home planet. Scientific dogma is just as perilous a trap as religious dogma. The only logically valid position is to remain open to the introduction of new foundations. Any deterministic theory will always be an approximation - a philosophical interpretation of the boundaries of our empirical knowledge. With the advent of quantum mechanics, we have refined our understanding of reality at the price of reaching only disjointed explanations. But we must always continue to progress in the face of our limitations, for this is what makes us human. The most important component of knowledge is the imagination. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com