I like that F. Scott Fitzgerald quote, Ivor....I do suspect we might not see exactly the same wisdom in it, however. ☺

as to "There are other conceptions of how the universe is..." ..indeed there are. What is yet to be determined is whether it can be several of those at once. If not, and it 'is' only one VERY complex, but unchanging way, then we are like the 4 or 5 blind men, all arguing about what an elephant is like after feeling different parts of it.

I, even though partially blind, am willing to share in puzzling out what the elephant 'might' be like from all the other reports, but I'm not willing to base much of a cosmology on any of the individual theories....those 'trunk' worshipers need to come feel this leg!


and that's maybe a wretched excess of metaphor for now.....

I need some sleep before I start musing on "what one should fill potholes with"!