Philosophy Wire: Earth's mantle and human extroversion

Philosophy Wire by Spiros Kakos [2011-03-30]: A drill will attempt to reach Earth's mantle and retrieve samples from there for the first time [source: web news]. Thousands of years of science have lead us to millions of killometers away in outer space, but only about 9 kilometers into our own planet. If similes have some value, the extroversion of humans and their unwillingness to follow the teachings of Socrates and look into themselves, would find their better expression in a drill...

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