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Originally Posted by Surreal  I'm sure you're correct about the desire to know or to create, but the desire to eat and keep a roof over your head probably trumphs it for a lot of people. Somebody has to pay the bills and in a lot of cases, it's the War Dept doing so. | yea, but even the most primitive societies have had art, and as long as the weather and geology are fickle and hard to predict... we are constantly under pressure to understand and predict the world around us so we don't end up dead in a volcanic eruption, crushed by our house in an earthquake, or swept away by hurricane force wind 
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"To begin with," said the Cat, "a dog's not mad. You grant that?"
"I suppose so," said Alice.
"Well, then," the Cat went on, "you see, a dog growls when it's angry, and wags its tail when it's pleased. Now I growl when I'm pleased, and wag my tail when I'm angry. Therefore I'm mad."
"I call it purring, not growling," said Alice.
"Call it what you like," said the Cat. |