Re:not such a good idea (Score 3, Insightful)

In the early 1600's members of the church were saying much the same thing about Galileo and his support of Copernican heliocentric theory. Echoes were again heard with the introduction of Newtonian physics, and Darwin's natural selection. Throughout history people have feared and even violently supressed new ideas and methodologies that would later prove beneficial and increase our understanding of the wonderous and often mystifying universe that we live in. While I agree that new discoveries can be frightening, I don't think that we should even attempt to place limitations on the growth of the human sphere of knowledge (mostly,because we can't). We are, by nature, an inquisitive species and that trait has brought us some amazing things like computers( and there was MUCH rejoicing!), air-conditioning, antibiotics, books, Hitchhiker's Guide on compact disc, etc. At any given time in our past there were people saying," Hey, that's enough! We go much farther with all of this new-fangled learning and we are in grave danger!{Insert name of deity here} is going to punish us if we don't cut it out this instant!" The end result? We are already in a hell of our own creation where there are effective treatments for a vast number of diseases, where we have the tools to combat drought and famine, where we can accurately predict storms and the path of a hurricane, where we can communicate with loved ones across vast distances by simply pressing a few buttons, and where doomsday criers can post their warnings on the internet for all of the world to see! You see, we have always been "extremely close" to your imaginary line with our unlocking of seemingly insoluble mysteries and looking back, we find that that line was never really there.