Supposing for this moment our Hindu friends are correct and we do rebirth as part of Mother Nature’s cycle,…..if so, I might desire to be an anthropologic archeologist (recognizing ‘desire’ has no such role in karma).
The attached report from last week’s Science is exhilarating. Humans roamed North America much earlier than previous estimates suggest,…..archeologists have now unearthed Homo sapiens’ footprints in White Sands New Mexico reliably dating to 23,000 years ago. So,…..only about 1000 generations separate us from these ancients,.….just pause and let that go to every part of your psyche.
Look at Figure 1, particularly panels B and E,……footprints of children roaming lakeside with young adults! What were they doing? Where were they going? What happened in their lives? I confess to tears in my eyes reading this manuscript. This is a unifying, joyous contribution to discovery.
In our absurdly divisive age, we can focus on the much-wonderful that binds us – mutual challenges, common concerns, shared happiness, collective suffering,…..and children. QI and EBM must never stray from the foundation of every civilized society that has endured in commune with Mother Nature – the well-being of pregnant women, young families, and children.
Tangent alert – did you know that over 1,000 distinct tragedies were performed 5th C BCE Greece? Yet, only 32 are extant,……so let’s keep hoping that the Triple Aim of Smarts-Grit-Love inspires dedicated archeologists to unearth more treasures,……can you imagine what we will learn? Regrettably, some notable philosophers have historically wielded far more influence than others not because of superior insight or scholarship,……but simply because their manuscripts survived the entropy that is time (e.g., Plato). That is tragedy.
Joe Kaempf, MD
Oregon Representative
Portland, OR
Volume 13, Number 33