Some questions cannot ever be answered. Our lives are so short and the Universe is so huge that there are many questions we will just never know the answer to. It is OK to "not know." It is OK to be uncertain about the great mysteries of life. It is OK to arrive at "no answer" and realize that some questions are beyond our ability to fully understand. The most important thing, however, is honesty. If we wish to have even a glimmer of truth, we must be rigorously honest with ourselves and with nature. Life is not simple and simple answers are rarely true.
But the questions are still worth asking. Even if we know we will not fully solve the puzzle, we can still learn something about a small part of the puzzle and that is much better that not learning anything at all.
Even if we cannot command and control all of the world of knowledge, we can still learn to master a small part. And even if we manage to do THAT, it is still only a small advance, a minuscule accomplishment, in the noble and superhuman effort of mankind to eventually understand and rule the universe.
copyright (c) 2017
William Schaeffer
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