As a human species we tend to have an explosive curiosity for the world around us. I feel it is what makes us unique, and probably is what makes humans the dominant species. I was in the store the other day and I overheard someone else's child making the inquiring "why" repeatedly. I have to admit I often ask the question why in my own life, it's what drove me to study science. However, it's the obsession with the "why" that also causes us to sometimes think irrationally. There are absolute truths in the universe, but what makes something true? Often times we have our minds set so much on the "why" that we miss the entire "what" and "how". I feel the one absolute truth (no matter what you believe) is that we have no idea what absolute truth and knowledge is.
                I have always studied science to get answers to why things are the way they are. It wasn't until my last year of undergraduate that I realized that science doesn't have the answer why (I know that took a long time, but I always thought I just needed to learn more). That caused a deep sense of depression, heartache, and confusion inside of me. The truth is science doesn't teach "why", instead scientists answer the question "how". The laws of physics are defined not because Newton said "that's why gravity pulls on things", but because he observed a pattern of things falling due to some imaginary force. What is gravity, why does it exist? Those are two questions scientists don't know, and only one of them they are trying to answer.
                I feel the problem lies in the false perception we are given as children. Often times people talk about something we call "intuition". What is intuition? Google says it is "the ability to understand something immediately, without the need to conscious reasoning".  So when we say science is intuitive, it is because science is just how the universe works. Of course it's intuitive, it's because we see it every day of our lives. Few people stop to think the reason we aren't floating is because of gravity, they just intuitively know that gravity is working and always has. What bothers me is that we give a false impression that science and intuition go together. THIS IS WRONG. Why is quantum mechanics so difficult for people to comprehend? It is because you can't use intuition unless you are an experimental physicist or physical chemist.
                I finally started piecing the puzzle together after my first year of graduate school. Nothing "makes sense" in physics, it isn't meant to. Physics answers the question of how things work, and can be used to predict future events based on initial conditions. Quantum physics is the same thing as classical physics experimentation wise. Basically we do a bunch of experiments, and get certain results. The only difference between classical physics and quantum physics: the results. On a smaller scale we get new results, thus we are forced into creating new models for our system. However this does not mean that Newton was wrong, or that Einstein Dirac or Heisenberg was wrong. All this means is that quantum mechanics is a model that works on a smaller scale than classical mechanics. As my graduate quantum mechanics professor put it so elegantly "an electron does what an electron does, and it doesn't give a damn what you think." In other words things happen no matter the human reasoning behind it.
                This is why I like to talk about how humans don't know what absolute truths are out there. Science is a continually evolving field because our experiments get better, and we can build off of old models. We are continually learning "new" "truths", and sometimes throwing out old "truths". Our experiments can show how things work, but if we knew the "why" then science would be dead. The why is a by all end all, and really an impossible question to answer. "Why" leads to circular logic and will never be truly answered. So why the obsession with "why" is a question I don't know the answer to. After all it's a "why" question. It could be just a genetic trait built into humans, perhaps it's an evolutionary step to make us the critical thinking tool builders that we are today. It obviously has some benefit since it's built into us at birth. I do feel, however, it can be the cause of our logical downfall if we are too OCD about it.
                Perhaps this is the cause of religion in the world. If you are religious please don't be offended by my language here. I fully admit I do not have the answers, and perhaps there is a God or gods or flying spaghetti monster. With that logic, however, I also will tell you that you have no proof of a God or gods or flying spaghetti monster. This is exactly the topic that I would like to discuss.
                Often people try to "prove" religion or