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For those interested in the topic, I can't help but reccomend the book Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid by Douglas Hofstadter.

"Although this ability is a remarkable evolutionary achievement that allows people to learn, reason, and plan, it may have an emotional cost"

"Qui auget scientiam, auget et dolorem. Qui auget dolorem, auget et scientiam." Lucio Anneo Seneca - De providentia - AD 64

translated: who deepens his wisdom deepens also his sorrow. who deepens his sorrow deepens also his wisdom