Take it all in

Think about it for a minute -- what better evidence is there that form does indeed follow function than a dog's head? 5 senses, highly functioning and efficient, all in one place. It consistently amazes me that humans undersell the nature of our existence, assuming that a blinding snowstorm means that we don't know where we are, that failing hearing automatically translates to a diminished life, or for that matter, that we are not sentient creatures picking up on subtlety and nuance in both humans and the world around us. Perhaps this a burden unique to the human, overconfidence in their rational world. As the Chinese proverb says, "If you understand, things are as they are. If you don't understand, things are as they are."

Bombo