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harmonygirl · **forest for the trees... -** 02-10-2006, 07:34 PM

Michael, I think that our puny human brains can't cope with alot of the concepts involved in understanding everything and also we fundamentally and deliberately fracture our thinking so that we divide into 'subjects' things that are best viewed holistically. Like the division between science and art, math and music, etc. I am still reading Godel, Escher and Bach and that guy got it. So did Ayn Rand (NOT my favourite!) in When Atlas shrugged. I think it's actually a coping device, so that we can allow ourselves not to feel insignificant.

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harmonygirl 6th degree Black Belt Status: Offline Posts: 844 Thanks Given: 43 Thanked 15x in 15 Posts Join Date: Jan 2006 Rep Power: 18	forest for the trees... - 02-10-2006, 07:34 PM Michael, I think that our puny human brains can't cope with alot of the concepts involved in understanding everything and also we fundamentally and deliberately fracture our thinking so that we divide into 'subjects' things that are best viewed holistically. Like the division between science and art, math and music, etc. I am still reading Godel, Escher and Bach and that guy got it. So did Ayn Rand (NOT my favourite!) in When Atlas shrugged. I think it's actually a coping device, so that we can allow ourselves not to feel insignificant. The first is only interesting if it is the beginning of something. The first is not interesting if it is the only - Djanet Sears