A wonderful area for speculative academic work is the unknowable. These days religious

subjects are in disfavor, but there are still plenty of good topics. The nature of

consciousness, the workings of the brain, the origin of aggression, the origin of language, the

origin of life on earth, SETI and life on other worlds... this is all great stuff. Wond... See more

Navigating mystery humbles us, reminds us with every step that we don’t know everything, are not, in fact, the masters of all.