I have no doubt that in reality the future will be vastly more surprising than anything I can imagine. Now my own suspicion is that the Universe is not only queerer than we suppose, but queerer than we can suppose.
J.B.S. Haldane
Current events in physics and cosmology suggest the Universe is a much more vast and mysterious place than could have been imagined 50 years ago. Dark matter has been proven, but not explained. It makes up 22% of the mass in the Universe. Dark energy, which is now known to constitute 73% of the mass in the Universe, is a complete and total mystery. It has yet to be described, let alone explained. To those still awake, that leaves 5% of the total mass in the Universe that can be described and explained by our current science. Even that is only understood in certain ways. When you venture into the world of sub-atomic particles, it is tempting to see matter as fractal. In other words, "turtles all the way down".
