IN MY GENERATION'S YOUTH WE WERE TOLD THAT THE GRAND CANYON WAS CREATED OVER THE COURSE OF MILLIONS OF YEARS DUE TO WATER EROSION AND TO , "TRUST THE INFALLIBILITY OF SCIENCE."; NOW IT TURNS OUT THAT THE GRAND CANYON WAS LIKELY STARTED ABOUT 50,000 YEARS AGO WHEN A METEORITE IMPACT JUST ABOVE THE REGION RESULTED IN A COMPLEX SERIES OF MASSIVE EROSION ACTIVITIES. THUS WE GO FROM MILLIONS UPON MILLIONS OF YEARS TO 50,000 WITH NARY A MEA CULPA IN SIGHT. NOW LET'S ONCE AGAIN DISCUSS THIS GENERALLY BLIND-FAITH LEFTIST NOTION THAT SCIENCE IS INFALLIBLE.