In our hard core, reality driven society people have a need for fantasy relief, or mysteries if you will. Notice that fantasy-based television shows and novels enjoy a healthy commercial existence. As science demystifies the world around us, people turn to alternate means of re-instilling mystery in their lives. There's always new questions, new mysteries to replace the old. See, lots of old mysteries still abide as well.
New mysteries arise.
No need to panic. Charles Paul Freund is a senior editor at Reason magazine . Illustration by Robert Neubecker. All rights reserved.