Arthur C. Clarke, The Exploration of Space, 1951 quotes
"If we have learned one thing from the history of invention and discovery, it is that, in the long run - and often in the short one - the most daring prophecies seem laughably conservative."
You've got your phenomenon on one hand. Concrete and knowable. On the other hand you've got the incomprehensible. You call it Go
I have seen men fly bombers with their faces half- blown away. You're going to allow a few algebra formulas to ground you
"If we have learned one thing from the history of invention and discovery, it is that, in the long run - and often in the short one - the most daring prophecies seem laughably conservative."