Pragmatism reflects a society that has no time to remember and meditate.

Now that science has helped us to overcome the awe of the unknown in nature, we are the slaves of social pressures of our own making. When called upon to act independently, we cry for patterns, systems, and authorities. If by enlightenment and intellectual progress we mean the freeing of man from superstitious belief in evil forces, in demons and fairies, in blind fate--in short, the emancipation from fear--then denunciation of what is currently called reason is the greatest service reason can render.

There are three minor meteor showers going on, one known for slow moving but very bright fireballs.

When you have a small object traveling at an incredibly high velocity, slamming into the earth's atmosphere, the friction makes the speeding object heat up so much that it can internally fracture and turn into what we call a fireball,

You don't need a big object. Something the size of a golf ball, a baseball, or even a basketball could look as big as a jeep or flaming bus.

People are interested in numbers.