If you were able to ask a room full of people what certain words meant, you would find that there were many different understandings about each word you presented.
For example "cup". As soon as the word is sounded, the imagination finds a definition. The "cup" you thought of might be floral and delicate, or white and ornate with a large handle, or plain, or solid, or a modern thing with a small handle. Or you might think of a beer mug, or a metal cup, or something made of pewter. There are thousands of different options.
When one listens to scientists talking about mysteries, they q…