Man’s peerage has always been founded upon his study of the truth, and the elegant constructs which have been discovered as a result. In that aristocracy of the mind, many stand out: Tesla, Bohr, Einstein, Rosen, Hawking, or even Poe, Dostoevsky, and/or Asimov. Yet, of those elite minds, there should always be room for at least one more very interesting gentleman, named John Bell, to find his mention.

Early on Bell introduced thought experiments which hoped to address human curiosity about the nature of reality itself. This may not have been his intent, but, it was the resultant product. His notions led to a wildfire of other derived works as well. Just recently howsoever, the revolutionary ideas Bell put forth, those which have inspired generations, have been challenged.

Should Bell’s theorem prove to be mistaken, it would bring back a dark age, full of philosophical challenges to what seems somehow, a less mature science. We can only hope those people invalidating Bell’s work are capable of forging greater constructs. And, by that, we do not mean, just a place for themselves in that aristocracy of the mind.