(September 29, 2014 at 11:10 pm)Pickup_shonuff Wrote: The only relevant tidbit I have to add, as I agree with your general summary, is this oft-quoted gem from Einstein: "The most incomprehensible thing about the universe is that it is comprehensible." Somewhere in there I suppose man holds a privileged position.
Perhaps that shows we don't have a privileged position. If we did, it would be comprehensible that the universe should be comprehensible.
But really, not everything gnomish utterances of Einstein reflect wisdom rather than ignorance or mental fart.