division and birth of something new is always commenced by such interregnums of accidental severances and growth conflated with other exigencies ( species in descent with modification,60the masticated , fishy severing of the limb of a starfish , the beating of a boy that causes him to run away , jump over a fence at an airport , hide in the wheel well of an airplane , and begin life anew in a new land , the tax rebellion of the american colonial insurrectionists wanting , but not wanting to pay for , the french and indian wars aggravating tensions that lead to secession and a country , a global police force that now impedes other attempts at secession throughout the world , the burning down of ayuttaya that causes the burning up of the ersatz capital of bangkok , not to mention the accidents that created the universe , the earth , homo sapiens , and consciousness ) .