I had this illusion that if I kind of dressed badly that I wouldn't stand out. You know, so I actually went out of my way to not look different to the extent I could.

When it comes to the world around us, is there any choice but to explore?

We certainly don't yet know all the answers. But the universe is about to be pried open.

Basically, I wasn't properly socialized, so it made sense to do physics.

You can be only a modest distance away from the gravity brane, and gravity will be incredibly weak.

You might find it hard to imagine gravity as a weak force, but consider that a small magnet can hold up a paper clip, even though the entire earth is pulling down on it.

Maybe dark matter is denser than we usually assume, kind of like the Milky Way plane.