To Tense MiddlesThrough profound observation (and eons of time) our ancestors gained knowledge of the patterns in nature.Out of this insight we derived the alphabet for language (Greek, Sanskrit, Chinese, Aramaic, etc), and mathematics for physics (Pythagoras, Geometry), along with a hodgepodge of ideas about godliness (panentheism, pantheism, polytheism, monotheism, atheism, deism) and a search for universal significance (big bang Buddhist incarnations, hermetic limitlessness, spiritual ecstasy, etc).