h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

Do not fear the unknown, for the unknown is the cradle of wonder. If all is known, man loses his wonder, and without wonder, who can survive? Without his wonder, man is a beast, incapable of thought, with no capacity for learning and no appriciation for knowledge. For just as unknowing gives birth to wonder, so wonder gives birth to contemplation. In this whirl of science and invention, I fear that man often forgets his wonder, ignoring it until it slaps him in the face - and sometimes even then. We have our shallow happiness, sadness, fear, anger - but where is the wonder?