I recently learned that, under certain circumstances, poor directional hearing can be a bit of a blessing. It works kind of like “ignorance is bliss”. Case in point:
There is a lunatic in my building. Statistically there always had to be one, so that is not the point of this story. The point is that the lunatic in question has fits of rage, during which a sort of tourrette’s syndrome descends upon his speaking abilities (at giga decibels), and also during which (recently) much furniture is slung about…
Since you are still here I will ask you this: have you sworn an oath of allegiance to Mother Nature, and would you want to, if you thought you had a choice? Do you presume that you already have? If so, why? She hasn’t, after all, done a whole lot for you in particular. This isn’t a sacrilegious statement – she works for the species; not you, not me.
On my way to Canadian Tire a few days ago I put the radio on and settled at the CBC radio show ‘Tapestry’ with Mary Hynes. It was an interview with 
I was pointed at an article in the Economist named ‘Darwinian answers to social questions’. It makes for interesting reading, and it at least tries to struggle outside of the box of watery writings on such topics.
I am currently reading about concepts of the universe as a vast quantum computing machine /evolutionary engine, and what this might mean in terms of our concepts and understanding of life itself. Of course such topics tend, inevitably, to lead up to the big ‘OK then, so what is God?’-type question.
I came across 
When I heard