There Are Things That Are So Serious

Nonsense. Space Is Blue And Birds Fly Through It.

The Exact Sciences Also Start From The Assumption That In The End It Will Always Be Possible To Understand Nature, Even In Every New Field Of Experience, But That We May Make No A Priori Assumptions About The Meaning Of The Word Understand.

Quantum Theory Provides Us With A Striking Illustration Of The Fact That We Can Fully Understand A Connection Though We Can Only Speak Of It In Images And Parables.

In General, Scientific Progress Calls For No More Than The Absorption And Elaboration Of New Ideas- And This Is A Call Most Scientists Are Happy To Heed.

It Is Probably True Quite Generally That In The History Of Human Thinking The Most Fruitful Developments Frequently Take Place At Those Points Where Two Different Lines Of Thought Meet.