Cargo Herd

Ah, the wisdom of Feynman. to herd or not to herd has a reprint from one of the best physics humorists of all time - this one on Cargo Cult Science. For a beautiful visual explanation, the movie The Gods Must Be Crazy is well worth the effort.
I agree with Jomama, that with all the discussion of science, we are ripe for many new discoveries. The old paradigm of life has broken down, but the imposed order of the past is keeping chaos from reigning. The more chaotic depth we attain, the more natural the next order will appear once somebody specifies it. With as many people working on the problem as there seems to be, it is only a matter of time.
Of course, time is a concept that i don't think we understand properly either...