Nature of Being A Scientist

I recently watched a video for Science Methods class which was a talk by Neil deGrasse Tyson on the nature of being a scientist. I found this video to be very intriguing and intellectually stimulating. During this talk, someone asks him what is the greatest science news in the universe. He responded that 85% of all the gravity in the cosmos has no known origin. We call it dark matter but it may not be matter at all. He then stated that 74% of the energy that drives the universe has an origin we know nothing about. We call it dark energy but we don't know what that is either. The point he is trying to make is the greatest news in the universe is that there is so much left to discover. I agree with him. This creates a sense of wonder which inspires people to hope for answers. He also goes on to say if you are a scientist and you are not befuddled every day you're not in the game. Scientists are constantly in a state of ignorance which he loves because that is where wonder comes from. This video really made me think about how little we truly know about the universe. If we are able to create this sense of wonder and exploration that Neil has in our students maybe one day they will attempt to figure these answers out too.