Don't people's ideas of taste tend to differ from person to person, according to culture and background influences?

Wouldn't the world be boring if we all liked the same things?

Isn't there a saying that variety is the spice of life?

Is that why spices, brought from the East, have been so valuable in past times?

Could it not also have something to do with the distance traveled and danger occurred in the journey from Europe?

Why would people travel long distances and squabble about something that isn't of any practical use or value?

Isn't there more to life than mere practicality?

Is practicality merely a sometimes inspired way of solving ongoing earthly problems that need sorting, such as poor food storage facilities?

But doesn't solving problems require a lot of creativity?

Why should practicality and creativity be mutually exclusive?

Do people tend to focus too much on left-brain and right-brain dominance and not enough on how they work together?

When reading the news, do you really think that people can work together harmoniously?

Do you need the news to tell you that, or just a good understanding of human nature?

Would someone with a good understanding of human nature be better able to detect when the news is exaggerating, rather than merely highlighting negativity?

Does an understanding of human nature include the ability to detect falsehoods in print?