Something else from the cutting room floor…. I know, I just can’t let go.

Perhaps one of the reasons that people avoid deep thinking is that deep thinking opens our eyes to what is going on in the wider world and in some instances this can be quite terrifying. The science-fiction writer Arthur C Clarke once remarked that one of the most fundamental questions relating to human existence was whether or not there is anyone else out there (in deep space). There are two possible answers to this question, yes or no. Each offers frightening prospects. But both answers also open our eyes to the thought that we should take much greater care of each other while we are alive here on Earth.