[Benedict Broere]

Well, I'm still working on it. And yes, my impression is also that there's tolerance for the freaky idea around here. But remember Thomas Kuhn and his study of the paradigm-shift during the introduction of new unavoidable science. For instance Ernst Mach had huge (and almost agressive) doubts against Abert E. and his relativity. Also E. was by many considered a charlatan the first years he came out. So he had to overcome a wall of bias, and this sticks in my mind.

And of course, with this I don't mean to say I'm in the same league as Einstein - the man is a kind of semi-god these days - but considering TOE might give the same kind of problems. Because it will be new, strange, weird, almost impossible to grasp, at first and at second glance.

And to be a bit more specific, I think TOE will undermine a lot of contemporary paradigm, the mechanistic-materialistic worldview, the fundamentalists-religious worldview, lot's of prejudice, lot's of 'thruth', lot's of views considered as logic, rational, undoubtable, real, reality, lot's of 'this is the way it is'.

Meanwhile science and philosophy agree on the notion that we don't know a lot (for sure). And what we know - this building of knowledge - seems to be ever on the move, with thousands tinkering, checking things out, getting it right, or just trying. With sometimes a whole new reconstruction or rebuilding, shaking things up, gaining new view on what is there, as reality, as we we think reality is.

And all this continuously influenced by psychological and cultural factors. Beliefs, convictions, endurance, global events, what have you. In essence a chaotic undetermined process, of man getting to know reality, getting to know himself. Asking questions to reality, and gaining lot's of 'no's' - thank you Einstein. For sometimes gaining a 'yes', but often or most of the time a freaky 'yes', especially when it closes in on TOE.

Is it music? Is reality music? Is reality variation? Are we and what we think variations? Is there a central theme? Weird, strange, inexplicable. Reality might be more strange than our most far reaching phantasy can come to. And all this stubbernly pointing at science.

Bop until you drop: Down in Hollywood. Down in Hollywood. At least I think it's music passing by, out there, looking at... the grass for instance. Watching it grow. The trees, the cities, humanity, this universe.