"Thought is no more borne in the brain than a message is created by a telephone."
cute metaphor, Amos..*grin*, but it just don't scan. One is a truth...though a trivial one, the other is a only a claim...though a non-trivial one.

   We are "sold a bill of goods" on many topics these days, and it gets harder to pin down the flaws in the bill of sale as the language of the claims gets more...ummmmm...'creative'.

I may, or I may NOT be, "...electrical wetware, like an old sea-sponge with a Duracell jammed into it", but I am me no matter which way it is, and I am not diminished if I turn out to be just a half-watt of current with some convoluted pathways! They are nice pathways, and they are MY pathways, and if you have more interesting pathways, have a good time following them....I am in awe of the universe that is being discovered 'out there', but I have no evidence that I am more than a trivial speck in the scheme of things. I am, however, a BIG speck in my little corner...and that is sufficient.