--Ich greife nach den Sternen--

or -The Hands in the Sky and the Science of Cycling.

Part One: The scientific mind and the problem with observable data.
The dilemma has been one of qualitative distinction. A place for everything, and everything in its place. The beginning to understanding the problem set and thus postulating a hypothesis that would provide relief of that problem set, is entirely contingent upon the observers ability to succinctly- and also more importantly correctly identify the mitigating statistical circumstances.
"Taxonomy is often undervalued as a glorified form of filing—with each species in its prescribed place in an album; but taxonomy is a fundamental and dynamic science, dedicated to exploring the causes of relationships and similarities among organisms. Classifications are theories about the basis of natural order, not dull catalogues compiled only to avoid chaos." -Stephen Jay Gould

The desire for order for order's sake is terrifying to me, stolid and tyrannical. Frozen. This sense of order is for fear of chance, for fear of the whims and wonders of the world.

"With every new answer unfolded, science has consistently discovered at least three new questions."-Wernher von Braun

Part 2: Observable data and the problem with the scientist's mind.
--Ich greife nach den Sternen--
Your hands reach far into the night's sky, but those fingers are dirty.
"Nature does not know extinction; all it knows is transformation." -Wernher von Braun
"Science does not have a moral dimension. It is like a knife. If you give it to a surgeon or a murderer, each will use it differently. "-Wernher von Braun

Von Braun exercised little in the way of ethics; he saw science as the ultimate justification. In science's cold sterile setting, he saw infinite explainable systems, and this clockwork was the indexical evidence of a watchmaker. The "knowability" of science is where Von Braun found his beauty, and it was something that would provide power through stability.

Gould felt that the religion and science should never cross paths. There is enough wonder in the world that we can see.

Re-Cap
First inquiry-How does one diagnose the problem set if one can not qualitatively assess the identifying characteristic traits?
Second Inquiry-What if the problem is in the inability to proficiently assess the qualification of those observable characteristics of the problem to be solved?

That is the conundrum proposed by Professor Yossarian's data book.