What is to be human? Many answers can be and have been written in response to this age-old philosophical question. Maybe it is the ability to think rationally, or perhaps we are, as Aristotle states, “social animals”. Yet knowing how and why the world works this way is sometimes never enough for those who accept the fact that they cannot seem to understand themselves. People love to argue: who can understand me better than myself? But if we must ask and learn about ourselves, then – will we realise the extent of our own true nature? If we do, would that awareness do us any good? This is explored by…