# There Are Many Things We Don't Understand and That's What Makes Science Exciting by Arno Penzias > "There are many things we don't understand, and that's what makes science exciting." > **— Arno Penzias**, *1978, Nobel banquet speech / scientific reflection* Verification Status: Unverified — exact wording/source has not yet been independently confirmed against a primary source; source clue: Nobel banquet speech / scientific reflection, 1978. ## Sources and Context - **Source lead requiring final verification:** [Nobel banquet speech / scientific reflection](https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/1978/penzias/speech/) — the supplied dossier points here, but exact wording, attribution, or complete source context has not yet been independently confirmed against a primary or sufficiently authoritative source. ## Related Articles and Collections - **Collection:** [[collections/Simple Reminders|Simple Reminders]] - **Collection:** [[collections/Whole Earth|Whole Earth]] - **Article:** [[articles/The End Is Near — AI Doom, Anti-Science Panic, and the Primates Who Sell Technological Exile|The End Is Near — AI Doom, Anti-Science Panic, and the Primates Who Sell Technological Exile]] - **Article:** [[articles/The Greatest Transformation in Human History|The Greatest Transformation in Human History]] - **Article:** [[articles/Digital Darwinism and the Invisible World of Machine Evolution|Digital Darwinism and the Invisible World of Machine Evolution]] ## Related Topics - [[wiki/Arno Penzias|Arno Penzias]] ## Share on Social Media ``` "There are many things we don't understand, and that's what makes science exciting." — Arno Penzias, 1978, Nobel banquet speech / scientific reflection https://bryantmcgill.com/simple-reminders-arno-penzias-many-things-understand-makes-science ```