Mar

12

It is spring in Hawaii and the hens are laying eggs and chicks are hatching. We hunt for eggs and when we find a nest we take the eggs. The hens can't count. If at least one or two eggs get left, they hen keeps laying. If you get greedy and take them all, the hen will give up and move. The hens don't know exactly how many eggs they have. When eight are gone, they only have a vague feeling that something is not quite right, but they can't quite pinpoint it. So they keep laying eggs, and we keep having omelets. They can't get very precise about what is the most efficient way to propagate. Of course some chickens are not too smart, like the ones that try to lay their eggs in a tree on branch.

There are vague feelings of unease when a trillion market dollars disappears. But, the eggs must keep getting laid. Sometimes it's good to be able to count the eggs so that so many don't disappear and to keep the right place in the ecology.


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