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And that's about the best that can be said about Mr. Horgan's article. Now, Horgan may be absolutely right. This may be a genuine Lord Kelvin moment as opposed to Lord Kelvin's mistaken one. But just as any knowledge can be interpreted as providing us freedom, genuine knowledge can also be thought to erect constraints. To be frank, this is not exactly a new or original insight.
The only limitation to science, therefore, seems to be human imagination, in particular our ability to pose intelligent questions about reality and find ways to probe them. I see no practical limits to science even if I won't ever be able to travel 1 mph faster than c.
