Speaking from experience could mean either speaking from the primal truth or speaking toward the final truth. The primal truth, the very Firstness, can be neither expressed nor questioned within a conventional symbol system. We approach the final truth by means of the public dialog called science, but can never know how close we are to arriving at that ideal end of inquiry. Can the wholly authentic expression of primal truth penetrate the realm of public discourse? Can the public discourse incorporate the intimate on its critical path toward the ultimate?