[baudrunner]

Now, history does repeat itself but not exactly in the same given conditions. For those who have forgotten, the Tower of Babel described in the Book of Genesis 11:1-9 was constructed for the purpose of uniting Heaven and Earth glorifying the intellectual and physical invincibility of man. This gargantuan project stopped when the engineers started speaking different languages (math and science).

We must have come a long way. CERN might be the modern day equivalent of Babel. Surely we all speak the same language now.