We live on an island surrounded by a sea of ignorance. As our island of knowledge grows, so does the shore of our ignorance.
John Archibald WheelerIn order to more fully understand this reality, we must take into account other dimensions of a broader reality.
John Archibald WheelerWe all know that the real reason universities have students is in order to educate the professors.
John Archibald WheelerEvery heat engineer knows he can design his heat engine reliably and accurately on the foundation of the second law [of thermodynamics]. Run alongside one of the molecules, however, and ask it what it thinks of the second law. It will laugh at us. It never heard of the second law. It does what it wants. All the same, a collection of billions upon billions of such molecules obeys the second law with all the accuracy one could want
John Archibald Wheeler