The Belief That There Is Only One

I Believe There Is No Philosophical High-road In Science, With Epistemological Signposts. No, We Are In A Jungle And Find Our Way By Trial And Error, Building Our Road Behind Us As We Proceed.

We Have Sought For Firm Ground And Found None. The Deeper We Penetrate, The More Restless Becomes The Universe; All Is Rushing About And Vibrating In A Wild Dance.

If Alpha [the Fine-structure Constant] Were Bigger Than It Really Is, We Should Not Be Able To Distinguish Matter From Ether [the Vacuum, Nothingness], And Our Task To Disentangle The Natural Laws Would Be Hopelessly Difficult. The Fact However That Alpha Has Just Its Value 1/137 Is Certainly No Chance But Itself A Law Of Nature. It Is Clear That The Explanation Of This Number Must Be The Central Problem Of Natural Philosophy.

I Am Now Convinced That Theoretical Physics Is Actually Philosophy.

Science Is Not Formal Logic-it Needs The Free Play Of The Mind In As Great A Degree As Any Other Creative Art. It Is True That This Is A Gift Which Can Hardly Be Taught, But Its Growth Can Be Encouraged In Those Who Already Posses It.