And what is an experiment?  A test a consideration of possible outcomes.  We delve into the unknown without expectations, at least we tell ourselves that.  But secretly the expectations are there; we hide them with care and hold them gently but in the dark.

The experiment is over and already a new one has begun.  Never realizing this the scientist lives his life deluded by the thought of learning and hoping for the intellect that he knows will never come.

The premises leading to conclusions which then become premises which then become conclusions.  The experiment is a math problem that asks for the largest number.  The tests simply arbitrary sets.  And yet the scientist continues to look, to look for what?

And so, with one experiment coming to an end another one begins.  In the time that it takes to swing his attention from one to another the scientist notices a gleam of freedom from the tediousness of the tests; a faint ray of light, a possible answer.

It is not reasonable to expect outcomes that are impossible.  It is not possible that knowledge can never come from learning.  But, that is the experiment and the answers are what they are.