Consciousness is the feel of accessing memory.

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

Superstition is the need to view the world in terms of simple cause and effect.

In the end, living is defined by dying.

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.

Human spirit is the ability to face the uncertainty of the future with curiosity and optimism. It is the belief that problems can be solved, differences resolved. It is a type of confidence. And it is fragile. It can be blackened by fear, and superstition. By the year 2050, when the conflict began, the world had fallen upon fearful, superstitious times.

Thought, like any parasite, cannot exist without a compliant host.