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An Explanation

 I'm not really sure how science knows that the speed of light is 186,000 miles per second.  But there is a formula for this that would take a long time to explain.  Einstein's famous formula of E=MC(squared) can be explained, but his life was devoted to the formula.  I once had a retired English professor as a close friend who once said if something has to be explained one is better off not explaining.  One of my professors once said a reason is often an excuse. I thought I might be able to explain why my pipe is a part of my Spirituality, but I might be better off just saying that it is, instead of explaining why I smoke a pipe.  It is ritualistic.  If I had to explain my pipe, I would end up explaining more than I have room and time for an explanation.  And it's just easier for me to say I am a Spiritual person than for me to go into detail to explain how it is that I am. Explanations take a lot of time and work.  Philosophy classes are ta...