James wrote:
<<Metaphor should be recognized as just that. It is a crystallization that
has meaning, no more, no less. Myths reflect our substance, not
the reverse. It is simple literary sense and has no mystic strings
attached.>>
You say we don't need myth because science explains all. I think you may be asking too much of the common man. Not everyone cares to program in assembly language, even though it really is sufficient to perform any task.
Richard Brodie richard@brodietech.com
Author, "Virus of the Mind: The New Science of the Meme"
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