"Yesterday evening while I was headed to the far end of the subway platform in the DC subway, I spotted a capped plastic water bottle about 24 inches from the edge of the tracks. I picked it up and tossed it in the waste can. In a Quantum Universe somewhere a person with low-vision has stepped on the bottle and stumbled onto the tracks, while in another his white cane hit it and IT fell onto the tracks."This message is one I posted to my Quantum Universe page on Facebook. While QU is a humorous blog, it also is thought provoking and to the point on some very serious social issues. The idea that if one removes a hazardous item from the walking path of people that person creates a "nothing happened" perception. Well something did happen. No one was hurt. When we think ahead and foresee the possible consequences of an action or inaction, we are using the brain that distinguished humans from all other species on the Earth.
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