Many have documented, here at millennium's end, that our huge boost in mechanical proficiency has not been escorted by a commensurate boost in our communal or ethical maturity. A soul in the year 1000, from any district of the globe, knew more about its location in the impressive design than a body in the year 2000 does. Francis Bacon was right: the program that started in question has made certainties after a medieval mind's wildest dreams. But what was one time a certainty now wanders in a gulf of question broader than the millennium itself.