we do not identify dogs in terms of their physical characteristics. we identify dogs for example in terms of a property of psychic continuity. like if a witch turns a dog into a camel and then some fairy princess, uh, kisses the camel and it turns back into a dog, it's been a dog all along even if it might look like a camel. now that's the basis of fairy tales.psychic continuity is not a physical property. it's property we impose on things. noam chomsky. he remarks there are inherent mysteries beyond our comprehension. but says we go from dust to dust. he is casual about his own demise, but can't get over that of his wife. reading a rachel carson biography i hear the same obfuscations about ddt that government business applies to fracking and chemical dispersants today. the worls as status quo, the world as business contra life. the steady accumulation of poison and poison thought, for the profit of our rulers.