Words Connect Us

The title, Words Connect Us, is a hypothesis if one asks, “Connect us to what?” I suggest two primary connections: ourselves and other people. The third way is connecting to our physical surroundings, the world, the universe, and the simple fact of our existence. Humans use words as symbols, metaphors, and mental placeholders associated with … Read more

Names and Big Bangs

Consider the humorous convergence of human ideas separated by thirty-five centuries. We think we are so advanced, yet two things spoken of mythologically in the Bible have acquired literal meaning today. Lately, I delved into how humans might have gained language and whether any of the other animals could learn to communicate with a smidgeon … Read more