...things Are The Way They

We're On This Planet For The Briefest Of Moments In Cosmic Terms, And I Want To Spend That Time Thinking About What I Consider The Deepest Questions.

The Beauty Of String Theory Is The Metaphor Kind Of Really Comes Very Close To The Reality. The Strings Of String Theory Are Vibrating The Particles, Vibrating The Forces Of Nature Into Existence, Those Vibrations Are Sort Of Like Musical Notes. So String Theory, If It's Correct, Would Be Playing Out The Score Of The Universe.

I Have Long Thought That Anyone Who Does Not Regularly - Or Ever - Gaze Up And See The Wonder And Glory Of A Dark Night Sky Filled With Countless Stars Loses A Sense Of Their Fundamental Connectedness To The Universe.

So Many Galaxies, So Many Planets Out There In The Universe Circling So Many Stars... It Just Feels Like There's A Very Good Chance That There Is Another Earth-like Planet Out There That Is Able To Support Some Kind Of Life Similar To What We're Familiar With.

The Tantalizing Discomfort Of Perplexity Is What Inspires Otherwise Ordinary Men And Women To Extraordinary Feats Of Ingenuity And Creativity; Nothing Quite Focuses The Mind Like Dissonant Details Awaiting Harmonious Resolution.