Philosophy hits home. #1

"Telepresence is no substitute for the wonder of material things experienced bodily and in common." Barabara Stafford, Artful Science, p.279
Six year old grandson Micah asked his Papa if he could take his bicycle apart. Papa, because he is a very good Papa, wisely encouraged him to do it, knowing that the boy would need a lot of his help later to reassemble it. Papa said to me, "I expect that's even better than him playing with an Erector Set." And I would add--and a universe better than him doing anything on a computer.