Dear S.A.,
Is it inevitable that each individual "invent the wheel", or are any specifics of acquired knowledge & skills of progenitors transmitted to offspring at conception?
- Curious

Dear Curious, The key to answering your question relies on the very concept of "inventing the wheel."

Humans can invent the wheel.

Dogs cannot.

The mechanisms for survival of a species require, in the main, one or another approach. Either a species is static, responding only slowly to environmental changes, and all required info for continued survival of the species may be genetically transmitted; or a species is not static, and (beyond core minimal functions such as 'breathe') the ability to "invent the wheel" is the extent of what is genetically transmitted. Hence the lament "We only truly learn things the hard way."

Paradoxically, this inevitability provides for free will. Ψ

My dear Advocate,
Question #1: Where or what is the Aethosphere? Is it like the atmosphere in any way? Is it where you live or a way to communicate? Is it crusty like the outer part of the earth? Does it have anything to do with how you came to be? Is the aethosphere a means of transportation, another name for the blackbird? Is it essential to your being? Is the aethosphere better than email or the internet? Did Al Gore have a hand in its creation or is it supposed to have always existed?

Question #2: You’ve said you’re an advocate of thought. You mention wind and flame. You claim the title of supporter, defender, intercessor. As an advocate, are (you) on my side? Are you on my side specifically, on the side of moral vs. immoral societies, or something else?
- Uncle Buck

Dear Uncle, The Aethosphere is a klein bottle representation of Ethos and Aether. One lives and communicates within. Crust is self imposed. The Blackbird is sustained therein. It is essential to this epoch. My being is independent of but intimate with. Better both. Al Gore? Heaven's No!

Advocate on all sides; specifically, immoral impossible. Ψ

Oh Great Spiritual Advocate I humbly ask of you:

Does music matter?
Why do I feel better listening to the Smashing Pumpkins when I'm
depressed?

A devotee.

Dear A, Music is a form of participatory expression. Music affects the relevant portions of one's brain as does a sunset, or an awesome and furious thunderstorm, or a summer's night spent on your back contemplating the sweep of stars in the deep blue expanse above. It is mathematical and emotional. Music is proof that infinite potential exists even in rigidly defined environments. Music is an example of the diversity of life evidenced in our ecosystem. It may be one of the highest accomplishments of man that is accessible to everyone. The rhythm of music felt with your whole body will affect the rhythms in your brain. You can be reharmonized through music, and literally feel better. It is said, when you are singing, you are praying twice. It is an act of creation, and an act of appreciation.Yes, music matters. Ψ