The Beauty of Knowledge
7 min readJan 26, 2020
Although reality is very complex and the human brain prefers simplicity, reality is far more wonderful than simple stories can ever be.
When Isaac Newton explained the optics behind the phenomenon of the rainbow, the poet John Keats was troubled by the habit of science to walk in and show how things worked instead of being content to gawp uncomprehendingly or being satisfied with banal fairytales.