About 350 years ago, the man whom Isaac Newton said had the most elegant mind of their time, declared, “The world is my country, science is my religion.” Throughout history people have been excommunicated, expelled, executed, boycotted and banned for thinking outside the box a given society finds comfortable. Due to an accident of birth, Christiaan Huygens was free to express his ideas without fear. In the United States of America, that freedom from fear has been a cornerstone of our democratic way of life. So far, so good, but we must forever be vigilant. We must forever watch against those who think the box is just fine the way it is, or, worse, fondly remember a smaller box still.
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