Tim Barrus, New York Times

The old rules are not the old rules. There is always something older than the rules. The laws of physics demand it. Why are we looking at the electron differently. Is it a wave or is it a ping pong. Are there zillions and zillions of electrons in the universe or is there just one electron and it is everywhere at the same time. Could we make weapons from dark energy. The DOD will gulp, but I am betting we already are. Or why is the DOD making new alliances with the University of California at Los Alamos. What are we expecting from CERN. How many versions of the photon are out there. I can name three. There are definately more. How are we able to find much hope in population figures that push at the edges of a flat universe where a full spectrum of survivability is a number we flew by a long time ago. People. We are there. There is no going back. Our sheer weight on the planet is nothing compoared to our eternal studipity. But what more can we do is not an answer because there is no answer. Take a deep breath and taste it.