Einstein's characterization of the scientist who wants to find a lucid and
simplified image of the world is reinforced in our time by the statement of Stephen Hawking (1988) in his A Brief History of Time, when he wrote on the final page: «The eventual goal of science is to provide a single theory that describes the whole universe».
Man seeks to form for himself, in whatever manner is suitable for him, a
simplified and lucid
image of the
world, and so to overcome the
world of experience by striving to replace it to some extent by this
image... Into this
image and its formation, he places the center
of gravity
of his emotional life, in order to attain the peace and serenity that he can not find within the narrow confines
of swirling, personal experience.
The communication and information media create a strange
world out
of an arbitrary combination and superficial construction
of colors,
images and languages that are
simplified and separated from reality.