most of it hidden from us because of our near-blindness and its remoteness, and because we have so little time to browse. And most of it is written in languages we do not understand. Of what we can read, we experience only a tiny fraction. That is our universe. All the rest is real enough, and it no doubt affects us profoundly, but we will never know any of it. We delude ourselves by claiming objectivity.

We are at the center of the observable region, but it is so small, and we have so little time, and our vision is clouded. Still, we do have an opportunity and an obligation to enrich our lives as much as we possibly can, and there is more than enough for that.