And I have to admit that I'm smiling to myself as I type, because my use of the term reduce was not painstakingly chosen, but in hindsight exactly how I act. I have a tendency when something is just outside my range of understanding ( and this includes very mudane issues like refinancings of corporate financials at various rates,terms,and structures, about which I know very little) to pursue understanding like a terrier after a bone. I will tear apart books and web searches looking to scratch the itch with understanding. Some answers are easier to find than others, and I've learnt that sometimes understanding comes when you simply Let the Mystery Be .

And yes, I've had occaision to be annoyed at folks who "reduce" the unknown to things that to me aren't that hard to wrap a sensible explanation around. But I feel most folks have had experiences which don't fit comfortably inside everyday experience,scientific explanation, or religious dogmas. We can push them aside and not think about them until they are forgotten or rationalized, or we can embrace it as part of the yet unknown. I personally perfer the later. It's just my choice.

Kathy