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Hi all,
I am not a scientist; I don¹t think like a scientist. In fact I come from
the viewpoint that science is one of many distinct human endeavors (as is
religion, - and I say that science hasn't replaced religion, but that they
live side by side, each with its own purpose and merit).

I recently found an article from a design listserve I subscribe to that
comes to my mind as I read this conversation and I wonder how it might apply
to  science. The author was thinking of the realm of design.

"It doesn't take visionary genius to spot tomorrow's frontier. It's not the
virgin sod of the American West because there isn't any now.

Tomorrow's frontier is the wreckage of the unsustainable past. There is no
place for us to start over clean, except through cleaning what no longer
works. And that frontier is colossal because so little is working. I'll put
on my visionary hat for one last time and predict: you'll know it's working
when you see the rust bloom. "

California Dreamin'
Our author ruminates on a year spent as a visionary in residence.
By Bruce Sterling
Posted March 20, 2006
Core 77/Design 2.0

Where is the rust blooming in the science world?

Jennie Zehmer
Director of Exhibit Services & Development
The Franklin Institute Science Museum
222 N. 20th Street
Philadelphia, PA 19103
PH (215) 448-1128
Fax(215) 448-1188
http://www.fi.edu/exhibitservices
http://www.ezibits.com

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