For some, science is like a "reaper binder" that methodically mows down wheat: science methodically mows down unanswered quesitons and leaves ever less room for wonder. But ...[I] suggest that science is more like an island: "the larger the island of knowledge, the longer the shoreline of wonder." [from the preface to Visual Intelligence, by Donald D. Hoffman]
That seems to be the message being received alright. String theory, Omega (omega', omega'', super-omega...), Goedel's theorem, Sun Ra...
posted by Brad Larcen 3/20/2001[edit]
