… but when it comes to this weird, weird place, I’ve learned my intuition is monumentally inadequate. Nature, it turns out, has a far greater imagination than any mere human. We are fated, I think, to watch Nature unfold before us and try to figure it out after the fact.

But oh, isn’t that the joy of science?

Goosebumps after reading this post by Phil Plait (@BadAstronomer) and thinking about the coming year (which starts tomorrow) with my 8th Grade Physical Science students.