It would be indeed unusual if it turned out that the set of orders that our mind is able to construct and accept, having as it does a deep sense of “understanding the essence of things, ” matches precisely the set of all possible orders to be detected in the Universe as a whole. We should admit that this is not impossible, yet it does seem highly improbable. This way of thinking, so modest in its assessment of our abilities, is probably the only way recommended, given our lack of knowledge, because we are not aware of our limitations. Anonymous
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When we look at the Universe and see that there are so many different things there, we would be disappointed if we could not find a set of laws that explain them all. It would seem unfair if we could not find a way to explain all of the things that exist in the world. However, the truth is that we don’t understand enough about the Universe to know what it is capable of doing. There are so many different ways that the world works and it is impossible for us to know all of these ways. We can only theorize and guess what they might be like, and try and come up with a theory which fits all of these different theories.

Source: Summa Technologiae

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