I wonder if the superb generation of quantum physicists (Dirac, Heisenberg, Schrödinger, Pauli...) was an exception or the norm. If each generation has physicists like those but they're not so known it could mean there's a limit on what science can do.
It is certainly possible that some riddles in physics will never be solved, since some concern phenomena almost surely destined forever to remain beyond the reach of human observation. Even if we do correctly guess the answers to these riddles, we'll never know that we're right.
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I agree that some patience is called for. But I think some modesty is called for, as well.
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I don't favor modest ambitions for the future of intelligent life in the universe. As we shorten the time scale modesty must increase. I'll die in a few decades, so I doubt I'll see most interesting questions in physics settled, and I've learned to live with that.
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