I was ridiculed some weeks ago for saying that "the more we learn about the nature of the universe, the less we understand it or how it came into being."

You were ridiculed because this is a shallow, thoughtless and defeatist remark. The more we study the nature of the universe, the closer we get to a more intimate understanding of it or how it came into being. That's why we have our brains. But the more we look, the more we discover previously-unsuspected complexities in the story. That is what is so delicious about science, and why your dismal statement is so vacuous.

Jasper Carrott was tootling along the motorway at 70 with his old mum in the passenger seat. A souped-up car doing 140 zoomed past them in the fast lane. Mother shook her head disdainfully and remarked "He won't get there any quicker like that!" Glancing at her with knitted brow, Jasper retorted "Oh yes he will!"

Your remark reminds me of Jasper's mother, though I doubt that you're a quarter as charming as her.