WHO ME? There Must Be Some Mistake (Part 56) -- by Steve Nadis
I recently got an email referring to some big question that was being put to important thinkers in the world of science. There was nothing unusual about that; I often get emails of this sort and delete them reflexively. But this one was different; this time I was one of the "thinkers" whose views were being solicited. I stared at the list of luminaries in disbelief and wondered: What was my name doing there? There must be some mistake, I told myself. I have been accused of many things but I've never been accused of being a thinker. Still my name was on there and unless it was due to some kind of computer glitch or virus, I'd have to try to rise to the occasion. The question was challenging for me because, as I've said before, I'd never thought about it and had no obvious example to draw on. But maybe if I stretched things a little bit I might be able to provide the illusion of answering the question. Which I did. And it seems to have worked. But for how long? As the old sane ghost, you can fuel sum of the peepholes sum of the thyme, but you can't fuel oil the peepholes oil the thyme. Or words to that effect...
