An SF Author, Sir Arthur Charles Clarke, said that "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.”

The old day, my predecessor in my laboratory have perceived that "we are monks in the technology field"

I think that he wanted to tell me that both technology and religion come down to be same from the view of unknown and received.

Certainly, Internet, Smart phone and GPS are beyond reach of imagination, but something excellent.

On the other hand, if someone wants to know the mechanism, we tell them

"You don't have to know that"

"All you have to do is to use it"

The above concept is similar to the saying a guru tell believers.

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Go to extremes, I think we can expand the concept to "both Aum Shinrikyo and iPhone are same".

"Why couldn't I of all people, make the initial setting of iPhone?"

"Because it is shortage of your love to iPhone"

The saying jumps down my throat.

In fact, I think, no doubt, for real and at the bottom of my mind,

"iPhone must die"

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Let me go to board.

Engineers and scientists, who are monks in technology field, have the common central dogma.

One of them is "never tamper with data".

The significance of existence is to guarantee repeatability in order to get the same results from the same environments.

No repeatability, no making it to expand "something unknown but excellent".

The concept of "something unknown but excellent" is

"The only recourse to get unconditional respect and awe from the world"

So, all actions that threaten the above are big treason acts against religion whose name is "technology".

Speaking in general, "it is easier to see the data," and "to look beautiful" are acts to be praised.

That is the reason why the acts are attacked by monks in the same protege.

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However, this is a matter of "internal sect".

I think that there are many engineers and scientists, who feel deeply unpleasant to see that some outsiders who don't understand the technology, have criticized patronizingly "the problems"