“Some people turn to religion or some other ideology or belief system
to find answers to life’s mysteries. But for me, there is no substitute for
the careful hypothesising, testing, and deducing of facts about the world
that are the hallmark of the scientific method. The understanding we
have gained through science—and physics in particular—of how the
world is made up and how it works is, in my view, not just one of many
equally valid ways of reaching the ‘truth’ about reality. It is the only
reliable way we have.”
―
Jim Al-Khalili,
The World According to Physics