I believe that the world is complex beyond comprehension. That is not to say that nothing can be said about the world, but merely that whatever is said is, by its very nature, incomplete. Counter-intuitively, the less is said, the closer you are to it.
I believe that people are by their nature good, but they sure do some silly things. The silliest being thinking they really understand something.
The belief that we have mastery over the laws that govern nature has lead us to play with the levers. More often than not, scars follow us where we have steered.
We explore the world around us. We fill pages with words and the air with sound, and mistake this for that.
How can you be a scientist with such a view?
The answer might be in the problem. To listen to the world without making a sound, to traverse the fields without leaving a mark. To explore that without this.
Then come statements, flawed tools and fractured mirrors.
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