“I have said this before, but it bears repeating: the Universe is a marvelous place, filled with wonder, beauty, and objects that bend the mind almost to breaking. But as far as we can observe, the universe obeys a set of rules, which we call physics and mathematics. We have a pretty good grasp on the basics of these rules (which is why, for example, you can use the computer in front of you right now; it takes a lot of physics and math to make a computer). We do not understand all these rules, of course, but that does not mean we understand none of them. There are people out there (like McCanney and Booth) who want you to think that we need to overturn the very underpinnings of physics and science, but this is simply not true. The Universe is wonderful enough without having to make up nonsense about it.”
-Phil Plait (badastronomy.com)
