In Greek mythology, when Prometheus stole fire from heaven, Zeus took it personally and exacted his revenge by gifting a jar called Pandora to Epimetheus, Prometheus’ brother. When Epimetheus opened the jar, out flew into the world all the sickness, death, plagues, pestilence, and evils you can imagine. Though she hastened to close the container, only one thing was left behind – usually translated as Hope. Sometimes, however, hope has been translated to a more pessimistic meaning of “deceptive expectation.” Today, we use the idiom of opening “Pandora’s box” as a warning when starting something that will cause many unforeseen problems.
No matter how hard we try, we can’t possibly put the knowledge of what we know about the universe back into the box. What’s left is for us to decide whether that hope is left in Pandora’s box or is that deceptive expectation. What is your point of view?
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