<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html;charset=windows-1252"> <title></title> </head> <body> ravi wrote: <blockquote type="cite" cite="mid4288C841.5060904@exitleft.org"> <pre wrap="">as it should be. of course (as documented by kline), every century there is a foundational crisis as the applied stuff gets too far ahead ... but why not? ;-)</pre> </blockquote> Because, reportedly, people need "something to believe in," and for some superior kind of folks, it's mathematics or physics...or Science, rather than religion. Six of some, half a dozen of the other if "believing" is your goal. As a friend recently wrote" <pre wrap="">"Life having a purpose means: the slave has received his orders, and knows that the master still has a use for him, will not cast him out or kill him. He is still hooked up to the big thing. Many seem to desire this." Joanna </pre> <blockquote type="cite" cite="mid4288C841.5060904@exitleft.org"> <pre wrap=""> </pre> </blockquote> </body> </html>