"Martin has a deep knowledge of the world and how it works.  At <a href=""https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=50r-5ULcWgY&amp;t=9m40s"">9:40</a> Lex asks Martin if the there is something about the human mind that prevents it from a total understanding of life.  The mind is finite and thinks in words.  True understanding is found when the mind is at rest.  Science is unlikely to lift the veil", (although it does keep pushing it outward).  Annihilation is the way to experience what’s behind the veil; nothing attached to the world can pass through. That includes our unique collection of beliefs.  Which are fed and cared for by science.  A low calorie diet will keep us from becoming weighted down.   As I grok it.