I wish we could have more active members of this group who

[MineralMan]

23. I think it's possible for anyone to understand the universe on some level.

But, since I also think it's impossible to completely understand it, since we are part of it and cannot step outside of it, whatever level that can be understood is adequate. That's my opinion. There are simple explanations of almost everything that are accurate as far as they go. One can learn to whatever depth one wants, I think.

For example, Newtonian Physics is more than adequate for understanding the things that happen in our daily lives. It isn't adequate if you're messing around with explanations of star formation or time/space issues. But, if you don't need to understand those things, the simple physics we all learned in school will do just fine. It's a subset of physics.

Every field of science is similar in that way. One can learn however much is useful or desired, as subset of the current state of advanced knowledge in any of the sciences. If you want or need to learn more, resources are always available.