A moment if you please reader... We are moving to a new place. An amphitheater of philosophical discourse, profound, deep and thought provoking commentary on subjects that have vexed the most learned minds throughout centuries, nay millennia.
Aristotle, Socrates, Jean Paul Sartre and even a few of the really sparky thinkers of old may be scratching their celestial head gear at this one. Rodan's 'The Thinker' may even slip an elbow from his thoughtful knee.
The ability to think, combined with reading and language is an awesome phenomenon. It gives us an opportunity to discuss and debate virtually anything. From the origins of man, right up to (or down to) Big Brother. We, as educated humans, have the ability to make conversation about anything. If we find it tough, then we add a bottle of gin, a few beers, or (depending on the desired outcome) maybe a dozen cans of Red Bull. Once more, a galaxy of intellectual fireworks erupts! Eventually of course the physicists arrive and spend $50 billion on a whizzy machine in an attempt to prove to us great thinkers that everything has a mathematical answer and we all sod off down the pub, or fall asleep in our chairs.
Sir Francis Bacon once said, "Read not to contradict or confute, not to believe or take for granted, not to find talk or discourse, but to weigh and consider." - I've been keeping that one in my bag since I was about 10, so am particularly pleased that years of education have finally started to pay off - thanks M&D.
So to the killer question:
Are we human, or are we dancers?
I'm off to find the Red Bull, I think we may be in for a long night.
