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If, in some cataclysm, all of scientific knowledge were to be destroyed, and only one sentence passed on to the next generation of creatures, what statement would contain the most information in the fewest words? I believe it is the atomic hypothesis that

All things are made of atoms - little particles that that move around in perpetual motion, attracting each other when they are a little distance apart, but repelling upon being squeezed into one another.

Given the opportunity to throw out all the baggage why oh why would you keep a name that means 'uncuttable'? Find a greek word that means 'hard to cut but boy if you do cut it you open up a huge can of worms'.