I respond well to what I read of Immanuel Kants idea that the world as we see it is absolutely a function of the way our brain works. In the modern parlance, its an evolved machine that we carry with us.

I try not to be surprised. Surprise is the public face of a mind that has been closed.

In the end, living is defined by dying.

A society that fears knowledge is a society that fears itself.

I cant see any great evidence that humans have any ability to access anything other than the material world. Beyond that, who knows, but theres no good evidence that would take me to any particular belief.

... from our vantage point it is now clear that the only thing the population had to fear was fear itself.

I respond well to what I read of Immanuel Kants idea that the world as we see it is absolutely a function of the way our brain works. In the modern parlance, its an evolved machine that we carry with us.