"No, I can't tell you WHY the hallway chirps. But I can measure it. I can predict the next and following chirp. I have a very good understanding of it and that's good enough for me. I'm not distracted by the philosophical side of WHY the hallway chirps"
It's a reference to the strangely common phenomenon whereby black people have low battery chirps coming from their smoke detectors all day every day and either don't know what's happening or don't care.
That's actually a good way for doing science, and it has led to progress in the past. E.g. Kepler explained the how, and Newton the why.
The problem is that he brings this attitude to other aspects as well, where he makes a total fool of himself and makes cavemen look intelligent.
I don't know about u/Graphenium talking about fullness of God's creation or whatever. However, Science really should look into why the hallway chirps.
If it's a consistent chirp that happens at the same time it's an HVAC problem. That's the only system that moves things on a timer.
It's a reference to the strangely common phenomenon whereby black people have low battery chirps coming from their smoke detectors all day every day and either don't know what's happening or don't care.