"Improvements of our theoretical understanding of the material world..."

This is the beginning of a phD thesis in a big university in the US. (Princeton, ProQuest number 22587372)

Funny.

We started from a real knowledge of the cosmos. By living in it.

Then we moved on to understanding it. While standing aside.

We seek knowledge.

And what is a pity is that at the end...

We will understand everything...