Am I the only one who feels miffed by the fact that Kolb said he has some idea about what the universe is made of (p293) and then completely failed to talk about it?
Aggh. Oh well.
Despite the enormity of the task faced by cosmologists, they are an arrogant lot.
Um, yeah. That was observed during the course of the narration in this book. But admission is good, I guess?
If you happen to ask a cosmologist, or any scientist for that matter, what he or she thinks is the most interesting problem in science, more likely than not the answer will be the problem that scientist happens to be working on at that moment. If that is not the answer, find another scientist with whom to talk.
I like the first sentence, because it's true and in essence what I like best about the sciences -- that you get to pick the thing you're most interested in to work on. The second sentence irks me. See the previous quote.
Oh and, the part where he talks about he's not as selfish as he should be because he likes to spend time lecturing people on cosmology instead of just doing experiments in cosmology? Is that being "unselfish", as he seems to think it is, or is it just another form of arrogance, as I'm inclined to believe? It does take a lot of confidence to go and lecture people -- in different countries too, according to him.
And then, alas, the book is at an end. Though not without a final reference to the "blind watchers". Figures.
Yay done.
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