"We can tell ourselves and others we're rational and we're in control, but that's only true to a limited extent."

We're animals with some extra higher brain functions; nothing more, nothing less. Forget that & you're in trouble; remember that & suddenly a whole lot of things make a great deal more sense. It's probably the one thing more than any other that pisses me off about monotheism - "gaj (god / allah / Jehovah, that is) made this world for us & put us in charge of it". Or words to that effect. What a sad bloody loser gaj is then, cos look what we're doing & he's supposed to be omniscient which means he should have seen it coming...

If there is a gaj, he made the world (universe) and we are part of it. As you may guess (if you don't already know), I'm pagan, and I've sod all time for philosophies, religious or otherwise, that try to place humanity outside or above nature. But that is a whole other discussion!

"Now suppose I tell YOU that Liverpool are the greatest team in the world." Bugger off, Shaw, you Scouse git. And yes, I'm just as bad as you!! ;-)