Dr. Vostok mounted the stairs to the machine like a dais and addressed the assembled crowd: “My dear colleagues and members of the media,” he began, grinning as the crowd turned to face him before the chamber of the great machine. As they bumbled to their places, the physicist did his best to conjure a faraway facial expression, so as to appear the keeper of some great mystery, hidden for all time. The crowd gradually acknowledged the ritual and a hush came over the room. Dr. Vostok continued as enigmatically as he could: “We are about to witness an event…
That Homo Sapiens Over There