Our theories are the weakest part of what we say. What we're working from is the fact of an experience which we need to make sense of.
Terence McKennaEgo is a structure that is erected by a neurotic individual who is a member of a neurotic culture against the facts of the matter. And culture, which we put on like an overcoat, is the collectivized consensus about what sort of neurotic behaviors are acceptable.
Terence McKenna