In Hindu mythology Tandava is a dance performed by divine entity Shiva; the spiritual meaning of that dance is often wrongfully limited to the process of exhaustive destruction only.
It is unknown to the author of this article if Tony Rothman's last year's anti-physical Tandava performance at American Scientist website
The Man Behind the Curtain - Physics is not always the seamless subject that it pretends to be
was caused by some divine hippie legacy popping up in Dr. Rothman's overly creative head or by a profane sudden attack of late, but overly devious, midlife crisis panic.
But because his spur of the moment meanwhile even made its way into printed media, namely German Spektrum der Wissenschaft Feb 2012 issue, let's shift aside curtains of hookah steam for a moment and have a look at the essence of Tony's insights.