Happy Black (and White Animal) Friday! Evolution through mutation cannot sustain a sentient species. At a critical point – development must accelerate and push beyond the animal definition of “self”. Or? Extinction!

Most memories are sensory abstractions – a heavily processed representation of the experience. But smell is from our ancient biology. The olfactory, amygdala, hippocampus path makes the memories raw. And reactions to them visceral. In the end? What we "remember" was not the stop ... but the roses.