Jeez Jody, yer bringin me down...

Barring the very real possibility that we pull some type of "Easter-Island" on ourselves, I think knowledge is unstoppable in the long run.

Even if your apocalyptic vision comes to pass and ushers in another dark-age for the next 100 years, a century is a fly’s fart in the wind on the grand scale. The scientific method is here to stay, data keeps accumulating, answers in all fields of study keep popping up...

I think the prevalence of lunacy in the US and many parts of the world is due to a complicated balance of socio-economic reasons versus access to information. I’m praying to the almighty internet to save us, one by one.