This was a great discussion. My brain was popping with questions the whole 2.5 hours. I’m thinking Haier is a statistician and sort of what I call a linear thinker i. e., 1., 2., 3… You didn’t discuss spirituality or the beauty of the human spirit. Where would the Joy of Man’s Desire fit into that conversation? And you know that there are more things in Heaven and earth than you have dreamt of in your philosophies?,(reply>), Bach was very intelligent… and so were his parents and children. He was also smart enough to search out good teachers: he once walked up to Lübeck so he could study under Buxtehude, who was probably the best organ player and organ composer in Europe at the time.,(reply>), We love Hamlet