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Natural Disasters_And Then WHAT? [part 4/5]

Scholarly theories and precautionary principles get bandied around. They generate nods and accolades from peers as well as a few variations on, ‘Uh, yeah … OK,’ from us laypersons but they can never, never define the original catalyst that created the very first instance of their very first observable piece of data – the X factor that caused the first domino to wobble before falling – the data from which scientists create theories after observation and calculations of their evidence, their empirical evidence.

where to from here?

Whatever the need or the vacuum, the brain welcomes the opportunity to create something new. The brain then creates a fix to rectify the complications that have inevitably arisen. Most often, and always in the fullness of time, the brain also creates fixes for the fixes.