What We Know

Science is a fragile thing. Our understanding of the universe in which we live is based on a series of theories and equations which depend upon the validity of an entirely different set of educated guesses. If, for example, we observe that a quark doubles its size for one nanosecond once every ten thousand years, everything that involves one of the most basic building blocks of our universe must be adjusted.

It is much more rare to discover an absolute fact than you might think. That might seem unsettling, but curiosity is what pushes us forward, and I find the prospect of a universe with no mysteries much more frightening. Science is, after all, the AIDS to humanity's Magic Johnson. We wouldn't be the same without it.

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