I don't see the same problem you do. It's mostly that I see science as getting some solid information (I think the periodic table is a permanent accomplishment) and moving forward into ever weirder and more useful information.
Even if we get a final understanding of the ultimate principles of the universe, this doesn't mean we'll have a grasp of the very complex consequences of the way those principles work out. Ever notice how biology keeps finding out how much more crucial detail there is to living things?
"The larger the island of knowledge, the longer the shoreline of wonder."
Not that I expect to convince you-- I suspect our emotional defaults are very different.
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Date: 2011-02-21 01:08 pm (UTC)I don't see the same problem you do. It's mostly that I see science as getting some solid information (I think the periodic table is a permanent accomplishment) and moving forward into ever weirder and more useful information.
Even if we get a final understanding of the ultimate principles of the universe, this doesn't mean we'll have a grasp of the very complex consequences of the way those principles work out. Ever notice how biology keeps finding out how much more crucial detail there is to living things?
"The larger the island of knowledge, the longer the shoreline of wonder."
Not that I expect to convince you-- I suspect our emotional defaults are very different.