And so the fighting retreat continues. Each time science advances, a new bastion forms...a new line, defining some remnant territory to be kept forever holy, mystical, and vague. Safe from profane hands. Until the next scientific advance, that is. (David Brin)

And so the fighting retreat continues. Each time science advances, a new bastion forms...a new line, defining some remnant territory to be kept forever holy, mystical, and vague. Safe from profane hands. Until the next scientific advance, that is.

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