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I was buying my first house. My brother remarks that I must surely own a piece of land that goes all the way down to the centre of the Earth – tapering as it goes. I point out that the centre of the Earth is molten rock, like lava. And I for one did not want lava bubbling up through the floorboards and leaving burn marks on the carpet. As far as ownership goes, a depth of soil sufficient to grow a carrot would probably be enough. Bruv continues with my patch of the Earth continuing on upwards into the sky as an ever-widening slice of interstellar space. Depending on the large-scale structure of the universe, my piece of space might actually be infinite, or it might curve back on itself in some weird way. I point out that my new property is just a ground-floor flat. The neighbours might have something to say if I were to claim ownership of the sky or of interstellar space. And besides, what about aliens? So really I just had a little rectangle of real estate (or more precisely, a c...

The thing about people is that we do seem to contradict ourselves. Here’s a few examples. Progressive policies can be very popular, but when it comes to actually voting people vote for the opposite of what they claim to believe. People say we must do something about climate change, but when it comes to changing their own lifestyles they don’t want to do it. People say that kindness, intelligence and a good sense of humour are more important in a relationship than physical attraction, but then they marry for looks. Well, what do we make of all this? It doesn’t mean that people are bad, or deliberately dishonest. No. Just fickle! Because to know our own minds is a lot more difficult than it may seem. Try digging down into what you REALLY want out of life. Perhaps you find that straight-forward? But, wait up. You might not like what I’m about to say here, dear reader, but how do you know that you’re not deceiving yourself? How do you know that what you think you want is what you...