The below article first appeared in the 5 Jun. 2008 issue of the OC Register newspaper. Originally, it was supposed to be a Q&A with Gary Robbins, the then science editor of the OC Register. In answering Gary's questions, it instead turned into an essay, which Gary published in full.

Unfortunately, the original link to the article has long since disappeared, so I have uploaded a screen capture of the article, including the comments that were with the original story. There are a few comments that are less than flattering, but as far as I know, there was only one comment that Gary had to remove completely. I never saw that comment myself, so have no idea what was said, although I can imagine.