The Standard Model provides us with a beautiful structure of forces and particles, yet at the same time presents a bewildering set of problems. The foremost problem, in my mind is this: why are there three generations of quarks and leptons? Next there comes the large amount of free parameters in the model, such as the particle masses, quark mixing matrix and recently in addition neutrino mixing. Then there are the more profound questions, such as why the symmetry SU(3)xSU(2)xU(1) etc. On the theoretical side there are further problems, of which we would like to mention the strong CP problem and the Cosmological Constant problem. The strong CP problem gave rise to the solution involving an axion, which however has not been seen. A somewhat unsatisfying solution called the invisible axion exists. Concerning the Cosmological Constant, it can of course be considered as a formal problem, because a Cosmological Constant is a free parameter, and the fact that there are many corrections to this constant, including quantum corrections requiring fine tuning, is mainly unsatisfactory and ugly. The problem has been aggrevated by the recent experimental discovery that the Universe seems to be perfectly flat. On this occasion, as an amusing exercise, we would like to think the unthinkable and speculate the outrageous. The observed flatness of the Universe appears to be a real blow to Einstein’s theory of gravitation. That theory is known to work quite correctly on the scale of a solar system, in lowest nonrelativistic approximation in the form of Newton’s law, and furthermore giving the correct value for the perihelion rotation of Mercury. Also the gravitational radiation as observed by Taylor C.S. is from a system of relatively small size. There can be no doubt about the general theory of relativity on the scale of a solar system. However, for larger distances the situation is far from clear. There is of course standard cosmology, but no astro-scepticus would really consider that as a proof of the correctness of general relativity. The same goes for the multitude of black holes discovered almost daily by astronomers, mainly on the premise “What else could it be?” Let us now take the following position. Imagine that a group of scientists, born and living in a spaceship hurtling through the Universe and not bound to any solar system, tries to establish the laws of gravitation on the basis of their observation of galaxies. Would they come up with the general theory of relativity? Not very likely. Not even Newtons law! The first thing our scientists would do is to make a visual inspection of some galaxies. They would of course immediately note the spirals, or the bar in many