Dear Scientists,

You’re scientists because you’re alive in the world. You look around and you notice things. These things might confuse you more than they make sense to you. You might have some wrong ideas about how these things happen.

But that’s okay. Wrong ideas are better than no ideas. And some wrong ideas are better than other wrong ideas. Science–that body of ideas that we currently think is correct–is built with the discarded bones of wrong ideas.

The main thing is to keep looking, keep thinking, and keep coming up with ideas–even if they’re wrong. Because the world does not easily reveal itself and its truths. And it takes a lot of wrongs to get close to being right.

Sincerely,

Mr. Curt