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A Martian eavesdropping on this week’s national conversation may have concluded that our idea of a scientific puzzle is how many Scottish eggs it takes to make up a hearty meal. One or two, with or without pickles?
The Martian would be wrong. I have seen that critics of the bloc have argued that historians will look back on this period as dominated by a hysteria similar to that of the 17th century witch trials. It is remarkable how such imagined future scholars tend to agree with whoever is imagining them.
My guess is that this period will instead be remembered for the global acceleration of knowledge and scientific capabilities that we have glimpsed in recent weeks. Because something extraordinary is happening.
Now we
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