Abstract
A review of the chronicles of rational man strongly suggests that he has used and is using the observations of concrete demonstrable facts in order to understand the abstract and unattainable. One needs only to look around oneself to see that such a procedure is successful. However, the question arises: "How successful is successful?" Can the physical world be accurately characterized by simple linear or curvilinear functions of positive integers? What are the consequences to one's understanding of reality if one does not look beyond the success of these integral functions? For many there is no need to look beyond the aura of scientific success, because to do so would be iconoclastic.