have a problem with the way in which we view our Universe. It is causing our scientific studies to atrophy. At the heart of this problem is the question of the unified field theory. We haven't solved it because we are overlooking a concept made distasteful by the betrayal of our religious leaders. They stole the meaning of our Universe away from us when we realized they were just guessing. Science gave us back some of that meaning in the form of a mechanistic description. But we ‘know’ that is not all there is to the universe. Yet we have separated science and philosophy in our minds with the firm belief that in no way do they relate to each other. But that is not true, there is more meaning to the Universe than just its mechanics, much more. The theories of chaos are just the starting point for the new math that I am suggesting. We must begin to look deeper into relationships. From the outside in, and the inside back out."

Montahue: "I really hate it when people stand up and talk without my assistance. You know I carry this microphone for a reason. It's called job security. Do you know what that is? It means you're not supposed to know the mike isn't wired for sound! You see there's this bonehead up there in the control booth that forgot that little fact and turned up the microphone. I wonder if that bonehead knows the meaning of total anarchy." There is a smirk on Montahue’s face as he then places the microphone to the mouth of the woman sitting next to him.

Fifth speaker: "Are you saying that the marriage of poetry and mathematics will answer the unified field equation? And that answer… will… define the meaning of God?" There is a perplexed look on her face as she forms this last question. She then looks up at Montahue with an accusatory look as if saying: “I really didn’t have a question.”

Kent: "No the other way around, except for that last question. A deeper understanding of the unified field theory will direct us towards the marriage of poetry and math. As for the meaning of God, who could know that other than the individual asking?"

The fifth speaker and a priest in the front row laugh at that last statement while another member of the audience becomes upset. Montahue runs back to this last one and lets him speak his mind:

Sixth speaker: "Are you saying that anyone who questions can know the meaning of God?"

Kent: "A question is the beginning of enlightenment. Ask any mystic and they'll tell you so. Unfortunately I was making a joke. Usually when someone asks you what you think of God it's because they want the chance to tell you what they think."

Montahue: "Then can you explain your deeper understanding of the unified field equation?"

Kent: "The search for a unified field is actually a question.”

Kent looks intently at a gentleman in the front row. This man nods then stands to wait for Montahue to place the microphone close enough to pick up his voice. His stance is patient, if not quite outwardly condescending.

Seventh Speaker: "Science has determined there are five basic forces in nature: the strong and weak nuclear forces in the atom, gravity, and electromagnetism. Electromagnetism was once considered to be two different forces, electricity and magnetism. The unified field theory is an idea, which suggests that all these

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