Sometimes I wish I had strayed a little more from the applied sciences of engineering when I made my blazing run through university. I love to kick back at times, and let my mind ponder the higher things in life: why are we here? how can we solve the problems man faces? However, I have no exposure to the great philosophers, other than the few I've read on my own -- believe me, they are few. So with apologies to the reader, this amateur is about to take on questions that have stumped others

Sloganeering is an interesting science. Much as George Orwell predicted, those who control the meaning of words have gone much of the distance towards controlling the people. Sometimes I get pretty frustrated trying to have a normal conversation because I have to spend so much time clarifying what the word "is" means! What a brave new world ...