• Question: Do you think we'll ever understand everything in the universe?

    Asked by ella111 to Amy, Grant, Martin, Shawn, Usman on 13 Mar 2013.
    • Photo: Martin Archer

      Martin Archer answered on 13 Mar 2013:

      I don’t think we will. Even if we were to understand the most fundamental laws of the Universe, a so called Theory of Everything, it’d be really hard to apply to absolutely everything. The Universe is so big so the laws of nature can play out in loads of really really interesting, complex ways. So just by the numbers it’s probable we won’t understand everything. But we shouldn’t stop because we’ll likely understand a fair bit and science has lead to so many wonderful developments that have improved our lives.

    • Photo: Grant Kennedy

      Grant Kennedy answered on 13 Mar 2013:

      No way. About 100 years ago a lot of physicists though they were pretty much finished, with just a few loose ends to figure out. Then along came quantum physics and everything got very confusing again. If we ever think we know everything we’d be kidding ourselves, there’s enough to keep us going forever!

      There’s an old saying about “the more you know, the more you know you don’t know” which I think it bang on.
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    • Photo: Amy Tyndall

      Amy Tyndall answered on 14 Mar 2013:

      I hope not, else we’ll all be out of a job!! 😉

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