The greatest discoveries of science have always been those that forced us to rethink our beliefs about the universe and our place in it.
All of science is built on territory once occupied by gods. Is there some boundary at which science is supposed to stop?
Alas, to wear the mantle of Galileo it is not enough that you be persecuted by an unkind establishment, you must also be right.
This sort of dwindling band of true believers each year gets together and talks about the wonderful progress that's been made. None of the rest of us can ever see that.
