Wednesday, May 21, 2008

Discovery

Here is a report about something that defies being understood by any description based on here and now or there and then. Time and place are the parameters with which we do our best to place ourselves in our world. Place and time are constructs of the apparent three dimensional Universe which our brains can comprehend at this stage in our evolution.

I feel blessed by having lived in a time when scientists have teamed up with engineers to explore such things. On the one hand it's frustrating to be able to get just so far in understanding, but on the other hand, it's the quest for understanding that keeps us going; us being the living species with the brain power large enough for some of our number to take us to the edge. I can imagine saying such things had I lived in the time of Copernicus or Galelio.

I admit to jealousy of those who will live during future times and places of more discovery.




Leanderthal, Lighthouse Keeper

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