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I Have Long Thought That Anyone Who Does Not Regularly - Or Ever - Gaze Up And See The Wonder And Glory Of A Dark Night Sky Filled With Countless Stars Loses A Sense Of Their Fundamental Connectedness To The Universe.

I Would Say In One Sentence My Goal Is To At Least Be Part Of The Journey To Find The Unified Theory That Einstein Himself Was Really The First To Look For.

The Tantalizing Discomfort Of Perplexity Is What Inspires Otherwise Ordinary Men And Women To Extraordinary Feats Of Ingenuity And Creativity; Nothing Quite Focuses The Mind Like Dissonant Details Awaiting Harmonious Resolution.

Science Is Very Good At Answering The 'how' Questions. 'how Did The Universe Evolve To The Form That We See?' But It Is Woefully Inadequate In Addressing The 'why' Questions. 'why Is There A Universe At All?' These Are The Meaning Questions, Which Many People Think Religion Is Particularly Good At Dealing With.

I Can Assure You That No String Theorist Would Be Interested In Working On String Theory If It Were Somehow Permanently Beyond Testability. That Would No Longer Be Doing Science.