No no, China's ok with Apples. They are a major supplier, after all... /facetious

Sorry, I meant blahplusplus's argument. I think Feynman would agree with the idea of proper compartmentalism. Compartmentalization?

As support to what wjousts said, I refer you to Richard Feynman's lecture entitled "The Relation of Science and Religion." A transcript of the lecture can be found here: http://calteches.library.caltech.edu/49/2/Religion.htm Hopefully we can agree that Feynman should be considered to be a respectable member of the scientific community?

Sort of like the oligopoly in the realm of American cell phone service? Or land line internet service? Or in the gasoline market? One could argue that the American market has failed many times over, due to a few large corporations dominating the relevant market, and doing everything in their power to maximize their profits at the expense of everyone else. I wish I knew what could be done to change the situation, but it seems like so many factors went into creating the situation that we find ourselves in that it would be very complicated indeed to extricate ourselves.