“My own suspicion is that the Universe is not only queerer than we suppose, but queerer than we can suppose.”
The above quotation is from J.B.S. Haldane, a 20th Century British geneticist, and I have always enjoyed it because it elegantly captures the idea that even our imaginations are limited in their ability to “suppose.”
A similar humility is necessary when contemplating the future because the future may–and probably will be–weirder than we can suppose.
Far from being a detriment in thinking about the future, however, a recognition of the limits of our ability to “suppose” will allow us to keep a more open mind when weird new ideas do appear tomorrow’s horizon; and, then, instead of dismissing these ideas or creations as crazy, impractical or fads, we may be more open to seeing them for what they really are–harbingers of the future.
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