We'll never know it all.

We're living in the Dark Ages. A time when we know so little. I'm convinced of it. In another 1,000 or 2,000 years, the history books will portray us as rather ignorant. Relatively speaking. Civilization will be far more advanced. More knowledgeable. Just as we look back now to 2,000 years ago. Sure, we've come a long way since then. But we have a long way to go. Think of the discoveries made over time. And there must be so many more to come. For instance, I heard a theoretical physicist today talk about the possibility of being able to travel faster than the speed of light. Or better yet, by using anti-matter to bring other distant worlds closer to us. Yes, in a sense, pulling them our way. Think of it this way. Rather than crossing a room to fetch an object, we'd make the object move to us. Without us having to move. And to use light in a way that makes us invisible. And to devise ways to enter a parallel universe. All this sounds like science fiction. But who would have guessed 2,000 years ago that we'd land men on the moon or be exploring Mars with robots that send back pictures? Wouldn't surprise me if by the year 3,000 we've colonized the moon and Mars. Made environmentally hostile worlds habitable. But even then, that shining future era will some day be looked at as another Dark Age. Because we earthlings will keep learning more and more and more. We'll never know it all. Which isn't such a bad thought. --Jim Broede