Greyhound Racing

I don't know if you're familiar with dog racing. Here in the United States, they race greyhounds around a track, and the inducement to the dogs to run (and run fast) is a mechanical rabbit that zips around on the inside rail, just in front of the dogs.

Note: the career of a greyhound for racing is about 2 years. After that, they are of no use to the racing industry. Many are, sadly, euthanized at this point. There's a whole industry in the United States to "rescue" the dogs for "adoption" by people who want them for pets. Greyhounds make wonderful pets ... very gentle and loving creatures.

Why do I bring this up? Because I once heard someone say that at one race, the mechanical rabbit broke down and stopped. The dogs, furiously racing after the rabbit, had, for the first time, an opportunity to actually catch the rabbit. Apparently the poor dogs had no idea what to do with the rabbit -- the objective was to chase after it; they had no programming for what to do if they ever caught it. They just jumped around, yelped, and were generally perplexed.

Might that be our condition with the mysteries of the physical world and the mysteries of God? Might it be that our biggest disappointment in life would be to actually acquire full knowledge? Is not the bulk of the thrill the pursuit of knowledge? Perhaps that is why the Lord created this physical world with such deep mysteries, such as "bits" that appear as both waves and particles.