In that great era of transformation, only Darwin and Einstein succeeded. That al

In that great era of transformation, only Darwin and Einstein succeeded.

That all men in all other fields failed tells us something. And in telling us it explains many things.

That Einstein was so late, tells us more.

What is it in the western mind that we failed to overcome? What remnant of mysticism plagued us that did not plague the ancients? Why could we produce the calculus, evolution and relativity but not testimonial truth, criticism and warranty?

Why did we spend a century and our inheritance in Keynesian economics? Why did we fail at the strict construction of law? Why did we abandon eugenics?

The answer to these questions is as insightful into the mind of western man as is the understanding that we invented and used truth.