Behind me is the fort wherein
apparently, Lewis and Clark wintered when
they were here in Oregon exploring the
Columbia River it was a terrible did a
horrible experience death cold vice just
hideous but they kept doing it.
How do you science that?
Both Lewis and Clarkwere apparently astonished that anyone
would spend any time in this godforsaken
place where it did nothing but rain rain
and rain. Yet they persisted. What kept
Lewis and Clark going was one of the
most searched for words in Google hope
according to the great primatologist
neurobiologist Robert Sapolsky the thing
that makes human beings unique among all
critters is our ability to sustain our
enthusiasm for events that not only do
we not expect to see in the near future
but sometimes as in the case of
religions don't expect to see during our
lifetimes you want to get out
neurobiological about it,
Sapolsky associates hope with dopamine
that fabulous neurotransmitter
associated with happy endings. They
believe that at some point in the future
that something amazing might come of
their explorations that their suffering
was not in vain. We Cub fans understand
that kind of thing mapping the Columbia
River, being pioneers the Great Northwest
not bad for a couple of lice-ridden
white boys.
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