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

In this environment it was a simple matter for The Republic to maintain its structure. People did as they were told because they were working together, focused on a common threat, a shared enemy. But time passes. Fear becomes a memory. Terror becomes routine; it loses its grip.

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.

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

The mind is not a machine, it is an idea. And the Idea resists all attempts to control it.

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

Sometimes, even the very best course of action fails.