I've always thought an agnostic is an atheist without the courage of his convictions. - Carl Sagan

In general, human societies are not innovative. They are hierarchical and ritualistic. Suggestions for change are greeted with suspicion: they imply an unpleasant future variation in ritual and hierarchy: an exchange of one set of rituals for another, or perhaps for a less structured society with fewer rituals. And yet there are times when societies must change. “The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate for the stormy present” was Abraham Lincoln’s description of this truth. Much of the difficulty in attempting to restructure American and other societies arises from this resistance by groups with vested interests in the status quo. Significant change might require those who are now high in the hierarchy to move downward many steps. This seems to them undesirable and is resisted.

Some thrive for time, while most quickly vanish.

Hipócrates escribió: «Los hombres creen que la epilepsia es divina, meramente porque no la pueden entender. Pero si llamasen divino a todo lo que no pueden entender, habría una infinidad de cosas divinas».