A wonderful aspect of Alexander's discovery is how it demonstrates an ancient esoteric adage: “As above, so below.” Macrocosmos is the same as microcosmos.

Yesterday I went into my local Mac shop to complain about a DVD drive that was repeatedly rejecting my rented movie disc. I had had the same problem with another drive of the exact same kind recently, so I was all fired up to get them to acknowledge the problem and fix it.