When we confront fundamental questions about the nature of reality,
things quickly get weird.... I submit that weirdness is inevitable,
and that something radically bizarre will turn out to be true....
[A]ll broad-ranging attempts to articulate the fundamental structure
of reality, no matter how soberly we approach them, inevitably become
both bizarre and dubious. Bizarre, in that they defy common sense. And
dubious, in that they allow for reasonable doubt.
...The key is to become comfortable weighing competing
implausibilities, something that we can all try--so long as we don't
expect to all arrive at the same conclusions.
Will we never know the right interpretation of quantum mechanics, or
the grounds of consciousness, or whether we live in a simulation? Not
necessarily. Science can reveal answers to questions that previously
seemed unsolvable. What once appeared bizarre can become comfortable
and familiar.