I have little brain left for original musings; had a very challenging meeting today at work. So instead I will let someone else do the thinking. William H. Calvin, a favorite thinker of mine about things having to do with, uh, thinking, has the entire contents of his book “The Throwing Madonna:
Essays on the Brain” online. He intersperses his books with wonderful quotes. I especially recommend the essays “The Lovable Cat: Mimicry Strikes Again” wherein he examines the similarities between cats and babies, and “Did Throwing Stones Lead to Bigger Brains“.