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"Too often, we don’t know what we should trust or fear, or which of the events going on all around us are the important ones, although it seems as if common sense should be able to deliver to us a clear picture of our priorities. Even the expression 'common sense' seems like wishful thinking, an idea about plain and honest living that comes from a time before we knew anything about the workings of the mind and the brain (which are related to each other in some fashion endlessly argued over by scientists and philosophers). 'Common-self-delusion' might be more apt, or 'self-awareness-helpless-to-help-itself.' We’re groping our way in the dark; we know that we don’t know something, but we aren’t sure exactly what it is we do or don’t know, do or don’t see." ~ Sarah Stone