Richard Feynman would probably love Nightwish's trilogy
I was reading Feynman's essay called The Value of Science and came across these paragraphs:
The same thrill, the same awe and mystery, come again and again when we look at any problem deeply enough. With more knowledge comes deeper, more wonderful mystery, luring one on to penetrate deeper still. Never concerned that the answer may prove disappointing, but with pleasure and confidence we turn over each new stone to find unimagined strangeness leading on to more wonderful questions and mysteries -- certainly a grand adventure!
It is true that few unscientific people have this particular type of religious experience. Our poets do not write about it; our artists do not try to portray this remarkable thing. I don't know why. Is nobody inspired by our present picture of the universe? The value of science remains unsung by singers, so you are reduced to hearing -- not a song or a poem, but an evening lecture about it. This is not yet a scientific age.
I thought some of you might enjoy this connection! Do you think Tuomas might have been inspired by Feynman, along with Dawkins’s writing and podcasts he listens to? I don’t recall ever hearing him mention Feynman, though.