CANTHARIDIN

Evolution has designed a simplified interface through which we perceive reality, the criteria being to understand reality not fully but just sufficiently to survive, procreate and raise our offspring. There is no better example of this than the male Jewel Beetle, which frequently attempts to mate with a beer bottle in preference to a female. The Beetles' 'interface' is perennially searching for a glossy, golden and dimpled partner, criteria met perfectly by this particular vessel. A consequence

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