Yes, but mostly because scientists are now breeding sheep that are 15% human. This would seem to bring us one step closer to the animal kingdom, but it is actually our ability to invent such a thing that truly sets us apart. Just looking at the Top 10 Inventions of the Millenium is breathtaking (guess where the Web came in).

Makes you wonder what we're coming up with now. This week we saw the world's first polymorphic computer, a projector the size of a penny, and memory stamps that turn physical objects into hyperlinks. We learned about sugar-fueled batteries, bags with solar panels and sails that turn sunlight into rocket fuel. We caught a glimpse of the one wheeled motorcycle, the one-seater zero emission car, and the blimp that can swim through the air like a fish.

While most of our inventions have serious applications -- like T-Rays that are better than X-Rays -- there are many that won't change the world. Though it would be fun to keep Johnnie Walker in your sandals, talk underwater with water talkies, and wear shirts with sensors that let you and your loved one hug remotely.

We really are inventing our future, at least when we take a break from fearing satanic passports, cooking our husbands, exhuming Harry Houdini, rewriting the scriptures (Judas was framed), laughing at PMS jokes, or claiming to be an alien-human inter-species hybrid. Only the human mind -- evolved from its primal heritage and accepting of the madness of life -- could invent its own cute, furry organ donors.