Obviously there is a large community of people called "scientists" who do not know "enough" in their intellectual space.
Philosophically, I believe that the highest purpose of living is to extend one's vision.
Now. I'm and old man, certainly old enough to remember the whining, in which regrettably I participated, about all the wiser ways we could have spent money than on the Apollo program.
Nevertheless I have lived long enough to see how much of our daily lives is dominated by technologies that grew out of that exercise.
Now that I have emerged out of the stupor of my youth, I have been untroubled by the horror of thinking that I know "enough" about anything. I don't. And while I feel badly for anyone who believes he or she knows enough, at this point in my life, near its end, I take great pleasure in knowing I am merely a person who is merely educated enough to know how ignorant I am.
Whether anyone cares or not, the greatest challenge before humanity is climate change. The only possible thermodynamic path to addressing it must pass through the development and use of corrosion resistant refractories. I can think of no task that could stimulate interest in that avenue of research better than a mission to Venus.
While you feel you know enough to regard Venus as a burnt up rock of no value, I personally object to your use of the editorial"we." From my perspective you have no right to it. You certainly don't speak for me.
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