One of the objections I have against Campbell's Astounding was that there was too little love in it. It was a very loveless magazine. They never took… - Brian Aldiss

When the first flint, the first shell, was shaped into a weapon, that action shaped man. As he molded and complicated his tools, so they molded and complicated him. He became the first scientific animal. And at last, via information theory and great computers, he gained knowledge of all his parts. He formed the Laws of Integration, which reveal all beings as part of a pattern and show them their part in the pattern. There is only the pattern; the pattern is all the universe, creator and created.

Did the others here feel the disquiet he felt? Had they a reason for concealing that disquiet? And another question: Where was "here"?
He shut that one down sharply.
Deal with one thing at a time. Grope your way gently to the abyss. Categorize your knowledge.

Relax, enjoy yourself. Have another drink. It’s patriotic to overconsume.