I liked the definition of the whale.

I think you're mistaken Mary In Ky, do you mind if I call you "Mary Here?" Wolfgangs comments really were rather pissy, in a typical sort of macho-science-guy way, and they were also imprecise, and illogical. Scientists can and do study "flowers, love, and happiness"--these are not an alternative sphere to science, but meant to make someone sound fruity or namby-pamby.

I dont know what new age stuff is, but my doctor has prescribed stuff that said The mechanism of its action is not understood. Is that new age? How many ads say Ask your Doctor if something that isnt market-controlled is right for you? Are scientists studying why drugs quit working when the patent expires? My point is that science lives in the world of compromise with everything else, and shouldnt talk so high and mighty, the way many science guys like to.

   The ancient Greek paralax experiment that proved the earth doesnt move was valid science. But the Greeks couldnt imagine themselves so small in the universe. Gifted scientists have to imagine things, to even bother about testing them.