Someone disrupted my schema!

  Vegas is like being at a party in a house with no kitchen. This statement is designed to startle your brain, which is naturally in a static state. It uses schemas to keep its carbon footprint at the bare minimum. Schemas are mental short-hand for how the world...

The Tower of Babble

There is a story about the Tower of Babel in which a great tower was built in the city of Babylon thousands of years ago. Babylon was a cosmopolitan city, many of the citizens were very impressed with themselves.  They were very important.  They did important things. ...