"It has always seemed to me extreme presumptuousness on the part of those who want to make human ability the measure of what nature can and knows how to do, since, when one comes down to it, there is not one effect in nature, no matter how small, that even the most speculative minds can fully understand."

Source: How three wise men and a tube helped us find our place in the universe by Tim Radford, www.theguardian.com. December 18, 2009.