tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-354743628679844130.post4840961275434959877..comments2024-02-17T00:21:19.135-05:00Comments on Thought Ambience: The Milky Way from 15,000 Feetgibsonmeigshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16094122509371844728noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-354743628679844130.post-28030201087312712572011-10-01T21:10:43.474-04:002011-10-01T21:10:43.474-04:00"It is the most persistent and greatest adven..."It is the most persistent and greatest adventure in human history, this search to understand the universe, how it works and where it came from. It is difficult to imagine that a handful of residents of a small planet circling an insignificant star in a small galaxy have as their aim a complete understanding of the entire universe, a small speck of creation truly believing it is capable of comprehending the whole."<br /><br />-Murray Gell-Mann, as cited by Clifford Pickover in Archimedes to HawkingJoelnoreply@blogger.com