What we observe is not nature itself but nature exposed to our method of questioning. Our scientific work in physics consists in asking questions about nature in the language that we possess and trying to get an answer from experiment by the means that are at our disposal.
Bio: Li Ling, courtesy name Shaoqing, was a Han Dynasty general, who served under the reign of Emperor Wu and later defected to the Xiongnu after being defeated in an expedition in 99 BC.