nicita, i agree with some of your points
and in any case it always seems that our picture of reality is in a constant state of flux, and that at any given time we know very very little. Not to mention that its nearly impossible for peoples theories to take into account all of the new data coming in everyday, and adjust their ideas accordingly.
It seems like a lot of people *coughmyoldastronomyprofessorcough* like to act as if we pretty much have the full picture of the origin and future death of the universe, and how it works in general... and that there are just a few minor holes in our picture here and there which will be filled in due time, but surely nothing that will re-write any major facet of it. Some don't seem to really follow the incoming data, because it is constantly re-shaping how we think the universe works, and often in big ways.
i can't help but feel that a loaded dmt pipe would help a lot of folks in these sorts of fields
<Ringworm>hehehe, it's all fun and games till someone loses an "I"