I have finished reading Neil deGrasse Tyson’s quick-read book called Astrophysics for People in a Hurry. In the front is a quotation from Tyson, that I love: ‘The universe is under no obligation to make sense to you’.
Humans have certainly made strides to understand the mysteries of the universe, but we need another Newton, another Einstein, to help us out with understanding what we now call dark matter and dark energy.
Towards the end of the book, Tyson also offers: The cosmic perspective opens our eyes to the universe, not as a benevolent cradle designed to nurture life, but as a cold, lonely, hazardous place, forcing us to reassess the value of all humans to one another’.
