Much of the knowledge and understanding about the cosmos prove time and again that humanity’s cognitive capabilities are extremely limited. Some of the most elementary things that we see and hear are basically a testament to our mental frailty. To start, the term Big Bang was a derogatory term given to the idea that the universe started out as a humongous explosion. Einstein’s Theory of Relativity was a name given to his theory, which had a boring name originally. He did not get his Nobel Peace Prize for the General or the Special Theory, but rather for his work that is in conflict with his relativity theory.
I was once talking to a friend of mine while driving somewhere in northern Texas. It was a bright sunny day with a very clear blue sky. He is an engineer and I just wanted to indulge in some science discussion. I asked him why the colour of the sky was blue. He quickly said because of the........