Cuts Like a Knife

     When one ponders a simple operation such as cutting, one has to think about what came first: the desire to perform the operation of cutting, which necessitated the invention of a cutting implement, or, the invention of a cutting implement that made the operation of cutting possible. What implements have we yet to invent if we started with desired operations and then sought the tools or implements to perform those operations? The Greeks pondered the atomic structure of matter because they could cut through an apple! Have we invented all the tools for our desires? What will these tools reveal about the universe? What irreversible operations might these tools unleash upon the processes of the universe? What have these tools enabled that were not the desired operations that were the cause of their invention? What have we implemented? Cuts like a knife...