How the Universe Works

The Universe Also Winks

5 Comments / Change, Death, How the Universe Works, Suicide / By Steve Roberts

I felt a small bug crawling on my back inside my t-shirt. Tick, I feared, whipping an arm over my shoulder. Only one finger could reach far enough to extract the creature expediently. A procedure it did not survive. Turns out it was a ladybug. I apologized that my lack of composure led to […]

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The Desire for Answers

7 Comments / How the Universe Works, Suicide / By Steve Roberts

Ever watch Penn and Teller? Or the late Ricky Jay? Or any other stellar magician? They amaze us because they do things that defy our mind’s addiction to understand on terms that make sense to us. If asked to define “human nature” in five words or fewer, my candidate would be “The desire for answers.”

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