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"They say that only mathematics can make sense of the physical world. Well, only poetry and music can make sense of the human world, because humans are the least rational of all of the animals and how else shall we symbolize their madness?" -- Peyt "Plik" Rensoon, in Orion Shall Rise by Poul Anderson (1983, Timescape Books)