Bright,
blue expanses illuminate the brisk sky above. Fluffy pockets of pale
vapor float over our heads, beneath that blueness. Our golden sun
emits rays of warmth and a bright radiance of early morning light.
Swooshes of a cool morning breeze puff a stern draft toward our
covered arms.
“We're
getting close to the top of the hill,” I said. “It's hard to see
over the hilltop because all the trees are in the way. And that
murky, cloudy fog at the bottom of the gorge is everywhere.”
Just
like that age-old idiom states - We can't see the forest because
of all the trees. Our small group couldn't see over the hill
because of those trees. But, many of us made it to the top of the
hill despite the trees. We peered over the edge at what was in the
ravine below, on the other side. Yet, it was still too foggy at the
bottom of that huge gorge, even with the morning sun shining so
brightly, glistening off the moist dew. Like anyone else might do, we
began to guess at what was down there.
The
sun shone very brightly. The sky was Carolina blue. There were a few puffy
wisps of gentle, fluid, blue and white popcorn-like clouds. Our field
of view was excellent. We could all see very clearly.
Some
people saw foreigners from far-off, unknown nations. Others saw
spirits and devils. A few even saw monsters. Each person had their
own vision of what they saw below. But we all saw the same
thing. Each of us saw exactly what we wanted to see.
As
the fog cleared, we saw more and more of what really was in the
ravine below us. People still had their preconceived ideas of what
they actually saw. The fog had not lifted yet. Our vision was just a
mirage of what may be in the valley.
Climbing
to the top of that steep hill was quite an accomplishment. Over many
years and lifetimes, few people had ever gotten close to the apex of
this one, large mound. Other nearby hills and mounds led even the
most attentive person astray. There are too many distractions and
diversions. It was a riddle just to get started. To finally get to
the top was an enigma. So many different ideas about how to get to
the top. The number of unique pathways seemed uncountable.
That
is only part of the whole riddle. Now that our group has reached the
summit, many things start to change. The laws of physics break down
as we approach the peak, even if those laws are immutable. It makes
you wonder how those rules could change that way, so quickly and
suddenly. And, we still can not see the beings at the bottom very
well.
Our
scientists and philosophers have studied, experimented, and developed
our physical laws of nature. That seems to be how we learn. We amass
information after years of trying to understand the universe around
us. We try things, then we record the results. It's all trial and
error. If it works and can be repeated, then it may become a law of
nature, a law of human nature.
This
happens over a horrendously long period of our time. Longer than we
have records for. We still do not believe we have exhausted all the
canon's of natural law in our physical universe. We are still
searching and looking for unexplained differences and alterations of
the rules that maintain life as we know it. That is more trial and
error.
Well
known scientists, like Newton, Einstein, and Oppenheimer; philosophers such as Plato, Aristotle, and Descartes; all had to start
by using the old rote learning method. We each must memorize so much
at first. That is life as a human, here on planet Earth. We are all
human beings. We don't know anything until we first memorize facts.
Of
course, some have the ability to understand and expand upon the
natural laws. They develop new theories based on those previously
learned concepts. There are many who can stretch the current paradigm
to explain their theoretical concepts. Those persons are just human
beings, as limited as you and I are.
The
unknown beings at the bottom of the hill are intellectually greater
than we are. They create and produce abstract and wildly complex
devices and concepts. It seems so simple for them. We can't do that
as easily. We can't do that at all. We are only Human beings?
