To some of the commenters who are shouting down Kimball, you probably are missing the point of philosophy (which this is) — have you read Aristotle?

I think it comes down to this. Reality is a veil – and you can’t figure out what makes sausage sauage just by tearing it open or watching it get made. It’s deeper than just the appearance (so much deeper) but the depth is not measured in inches or years.

The interior can only be reached ‘from the inside’ – and thus Bismarck, while a sonufabich in some ways was right – you risk losing Sausage for what it really is by learning more facts about it – facts which don’t so much tell you what makes it sausage as much as how particular sausages ended up where they are now.