We adore lists. We think we know something about things or events if we can put them into an order. Not just as an aide memoire as you would expect using alphabetical, numerical or calendarian systems but a genuine belief that if we can put things into an order we have grasped something about them;…
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Just Take The Pill
Our entire history has been one where we attempt to find answers for problems. It is our ability to answer problems that unifies all cultures and civilizations, though admittedly sometimes we can see the problems were not really problems as such in the first place (all those non-existent gods that needed appeasing). In answering problems…