We Do Not Know Enough About How

Yes, Metaphor. That's How The Whole Fabric Of Mental Interconnections Holds Together. Metaphor Is Right At The Bottom Of Being Alive.

In The Transmission Of Human Culture, People Always Attempt To Replicate, To Pass On To The Next Generation The Skills And Values Of The Parents, But The Attempt Always Fails Because Cultural Transmission Is Geared To Learning, Not Dna.

Wisdom Is The Intelligence Of The System As A Whole.

Let's Not Pretend That Mental Phenomena Can Be Mapped On To The Characteristics Of Billiard Balls.

There Is A Strong Tendency In Explanatory Prose To Invoke Quantities Of Tension, Energy, And Whatnot To Explain The Genesis Of Pattern. I Believe That All Such Explanations Are Inappropriate Or Wrong.