Changing the states of many agents grossly alters behavior, while changing only a few just perturbs the overall disposition a little. - Marvin Minsky

What magical trick makes us intelligent? The trick is that there is no trick. The power of intelligence stems from our vast diversity, not from any single, perfect principle.

Perhaps the music that some call 'background' music can tranquilize by turning under-thoughts from bad to neutral, leaving the surface thoughts free of affect by diverting the unconscious.

Most adults have some childlike fascination for making and arranging larger structures out of smaller ones.