Modern civilization is a product of an energy binge. Binges often end in hangovers.

What could be more general than 2, which can represent two galaxies or two pickles, or one galaxy plus one pickle (the mind doth boggle), or just 2 gently bobbing - where? It, like God, is an I am and many have thought that it must be a precipitate of ultimate reality.

I don't know how not to get the flu.

Nature's standard operating procedure, pairing a population explosion with a population crash.