Words are curious things. They can be like good medicine to a sick body or a poison to the soul. The perfect words at the right time have the power to lift someone’s spirits to heaven, while the right combination of words can damn that same person to hell. Words can bring comfort to the heartbroken and level the surefooted with distress. By the power of words, wars have started, and peace has been delivered. Words have inspired legions of people to take action for countless causes and intimidated millions of individuals into inactivity. Words can hide one’s strengths and at the same time accentuate one’s weaknesses.
Chapter 1.6 ??? The Trouble with Prehistory
The 19th-century English polymath Herbert Spencer defined science as organized knowledge, which is as good a definition as any. Gathering, organizing, and sharing information…