"We might say that we were looking for global schemas, symmetries, universal and unchanging laws - and what we have discovered is the mutable, the ephemeral, the complex." - Ilya Prigogine

It is difficult, and maybe even impossible, to understand the nature of humans completely. The motivation behind our likes and dislikes, what we interpret as right and wrong, and our tendency to ask, "what is it"" before "how does it work"" is a question that falls into gray areas and can many times just baffle us. However, one thing is obvious. We the human race, are confused by those gray areas, therefore we feel the need to force as many people, things, places, beliefs, etc. into safe categorizations. Having everything in its place seems to give us a sense of security, knowing that in a black and white world, nothing is beyond our comprehension. Although this kind...