We Think We Know What

We Think We Know What We Are Doing. We Have Always Thought So. We Never Seem To Acknowledge That We Have Been Wrong In The Past, And So Might Be Wrong In The Future. Instead, Each Generation Writes Off Earlier Errors As The Result Of Bad Thinking By Less Able Minds - And Then Confidently Embarks On Fresh Errors Of Its Own.

The Rock, For Its Part, Is Not Even Aware Of Our Existence Because We Are Alive For Only A Brief Instant Of Its Lifespan. To It, We Are Like Flashes In The Dark.

Consensus Is Invoked Only In Situations Where The Science Is Not Solid Enough.

Discovery, They Believe, Is Inevitable. So They Just Try To Do It First. That's The Game In Science.

To Give Up Responsibility For Our Lives Is Not Healthy.