The invention of language was obviously of great benefit to the species called Homo sapiens, but like all tools it is not perfect and sometimes the brain can waste a great deal of processing power spinning its wheels over questions of words rather than ideas. For example, a recent poll showed that 70% of people in the USA thought that if a dying patient agreed then doctors should be allowed to "end the patient's life by some painless means"; however only 51% thought that doctors should be allowed to help a dying patient who wanted to die "commit suicide". Another example would be those who DON'T believe in a omnipotent omniscient intelligent conscious being who created the universe and is responsible for morality but DO believe in "God".
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