[ WP ] `` Before we allow humankind to live among us in the stars , tell us the faults of your kind . ''

Tell us your faults? Really? This was the question - the shibboleth - that unlocked the cosmos? 
 
 The Masters could have picked a scientist to answer but they feared she might mask ignorance. They could have picked from our global leaders bit they feared that they would mask deceit. They could have picked a holy man but feared he would mask violence, oppression, hate, intolerance... the list of disqualifying sins was almost too long to enumerate. 
 
 So they picked Josh Thornton, a 45 year old MBA in human resources. 
 
 `` Our greatest weakness? Well, I think we work a little too hard and, as a race, we might be a bit of a perfectionist.''
