the evolving mind

Perhaps since that mythical Day One, humans have been pattern-seeking animals. In the reverse-inkblot night sky (an abstract pattern of light within darkness) we see not a meaningless arrangement of points — in terms of human life — but outlines of the gods.

Why is Day One a mythical thing? Just as the line between life and non-life is a smear of shades of gray, the delineation between human and not-quite-human is likewise gray.

[photo thanks to NASA]

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