The time has come," the Walrus said, "To talk of many things: Of shoes--and ships--and sealing-wax-- Of cabbages--and kings-- And why the sea is boiling hot-- And whether pigs have wings."Medawar 1984:78 (quoting Lewis Carroll)
As for myth, I am not at all in sympathy with those modern anthropologists who regard myth and science as alternative explanatory stratagems of the same stature, though independent and of different origins. Myths have often a rich quasi-empirical content, although they are often thought to have a deep inner significance that is apparent to folks with sensibilities less coarse than those enjoyed by the common run of scientists. Quite the contrary: Myths are for the most part buncombe and cannot be shown not to be so. . .