Faced with the choice between changing one's mind and proving that
there is no need to do so, almost everyone gets busy on the proof.
-- Galbraith's Law
Well, I mean, YES idealism, YES the dignity of pure research YES the pursuit
of truth in all its forms, but there comes a point I'm afraid where you begin
to suspect that if there's all REAL truth, it's that the entire multi-
dimensional infinity of the Universe is almost certainly being run by a bunch
of maniacs....