I believe the process of going from confusion to understanding is a precious, even emotional, experience that can be the foundation of self-confidence.
My emotional investment is in finding truth. If string theory is wrong, I'd like to have known that yesterday. But if we can show it today or tomorrow, fantastic.
Science is a self-correcting discipline that can, in subsequent generations, show that previous ideas were not correct.
We can certainly go further than cats, but why should it be that our brains are somehow so suited to the universe that our brains will be able to understand the deepest workings?
Science is the greatest of all adventure stories, one that's been unfolding for thousands of years as we have sought to understand ourselves and our surroundings.
Physics grapples with the largest questions the universe presents. 'Where did the totality of reality come from?' 'Did time have a beginning?'
We might be the holographic image of a two-dimensional structure.
For me it's been very exciting to contribute to the public's understanding of how rich and wondrous science is.
