> Pro quo: "I have begun a personal protest of symmetry. You're welcome to join in and help out with the picketing and the rioting. Symmetry is evil, and I submit as evidence the haircuts of people who part their hair right down the middle. As a society, we have this misguided notion that symmetry is aesthetically pleasing, that what is on one side must be balanced on the other."
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> Sam my friend, I don't know how to break this to you; but I don't think you're psychologically prepared to handle all the consequences of a non-symmetric bilateral-free society.

Me? The thoughts on "I Think" aren't my own, and whoever's they are ("whoever's" is a word, right?) is a fruitcake.

> Yep, that's why we typically install 2 faucet lines labelled "Hot" and "Cold" water, but no one thinks about creating a third, equally viable spigot called "Lukewarm"...

Right, because the correct faucet solution is to only have one spigot with two knobs (two, because a "lukewarm" knob wouldn't be helpful in mixing the right temperature).

Anyway, extremely interesting post, Wolf. Thanks for writing it.