Brain Meets World

Thinking about readings from Brain Meets World (published by Behavioral Scientist):

This is why I value that little phrase “I don’t know” so highly,

It’s small, but it flies on mighty wings,

It expands our lives to include | the spaces within us as | well as those outer expanses | in which our tiny Earth hangs suspended.

If Isaac Newton had never said to himself “I don’t know,” | the apples in his little orchard | might have dropped to the ground | like hailstones | and at best he would have | stooped to pick them up | and gobbled them with gusto.

– Wislawa Szymborska