In looking at the human body, sometimes non-scientists have something to offer—if only by the turn of a phrase. While writing the previous post on ‘Water,’ I was reminded that a name that has been applied to the human body is the soft machine. Because of our watery nature we are soft and ‘squashy.’
William Burroughs wrote a book entitled The Soft Machine. It is not an easy book to read, and I have failed to get very far into it on a couple of occasions! However, the title continues to be intriguing.
