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This is true, but I quibble with your semantics here. Well, I think you're right that it is semantics. I don't think we're saying different things, or have substantially different views. I'm certainly not suggesting there's nothing new under the Sun... only that the new things we're going to discov...

Absurd? No. Likely? Not at all. 1000 years ago we understood nearly nothing about the Universe. Now, our understanding is rich, and much of it is nearly complete. Nevertheless, it seems a little risky to me to say that much of our understanding of the universe is nearly complete. I get what Chris i...

+100 For the Frank Zappa reference! "Look here, brother... Who you jivin' with that Cosmic Debris?" (Creationists: "But - I got the Crystal Ball!") Disappointed the answer to the first half of the security question isn't "Sol". I get it, but it says a lot about us. This...