Thursday, December 14, 2006

Science Quote

The game of science can accurately be described as a never-ending insult to human intelligence.
Joao Magueijo, Faster than the Speed of Light (p13)

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

You've confused me. What's the quote about, what's its context and how's the book?

John said...

The quote is in the context of and about the limited nature of our understanding of the universe.

So even after 6000 years of trying, we haven't got our heads round it.

The book was pretty good, though somewhat controversial. Ages since I read it though - I found the quote which I'd e-mailed to myself while clearing out old e-mails.