te old functions?

<P>What functions of familiar or known things have been <U>neglected</U>,
forgotten about, or overlooked? What are the <U>idiosyncrasies</U> of the
ways in which people in general, or certain groups of people, classify,
perceive, rank, or utilize the classes of functions of classes of things?
What is good, bad, or simply significant about these idiosyncrasies?

<P>What are the characteristic and comparative ratios of our ignorance
about to our knowledge about different (key or comprehensi