|  Tim: | 
	 Nothing destroys creativity & learning more than this 3-letter word: but . . . | 
  
  
	|  Melissa: | 
	 Huh? But is one the most important words in our language. It points out when  connections don't hold.
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	|  Satoru:  | 
	 Does anybody get the feeling this is a weird conversation?  | 
  
  
	|  Liao:  | 
	 Of course it is. How else could it be interesting? "But" is like a knife  & "and" is like a spoon. | 
  
 
	|  Satoru:  | 
	 In that case, what is a fork?  | 
  
  
	|  Liao:  | 
	 Open your mouth to find out . . .  |