What does it's a very deep statement that really came from quite a shallow place mean?

Answer 1

The statement: "The Superstring - Unified Field theory unites all fundamental laws and forces of nature, all atomic and subatomic particles of which matter is made, all truth, knowledge, information, potential, and all levels of reality from this classical world to the Plank scale, [united] into one field of pure intelligence and consciousness." Now one can say that this statement, the ramblings of a madman, originates from within a shallow place, namely this physical world in which live great inquisitive minds who formulate such theories; but the Unified Field theory's implications exists ten million, million, million times deeper than the nucleus of an atom. If a physicist travelled back to the time of the Egyptian Pharaohs and tried to explain the Superstring - Unified Field theory to King Tutankhamen, what would be the outcome? The physical world hasn't changed, it's still as shallow as today, but what has changed is foundational knowledge and understanding, and the ability to comprehend the statement's deepest meaning, which has arrived with the physicist. So the question of a deep statement from a shallow place relates to knowledge and intelligence. Alternate interpretation: Sometimes ordinary people, or people who have modest intellect, come out with profound truth. I think the implication of the statement could be that the "shallow place" may not even be aware of the profound nature of the truth it just related. Yes, true