XKCD has a nice cartoon about the difference between scientists and ordinary folks:

XKCD has a nice cartoon about the difference between scientists and ordinary folks:

A kōan (公案; Japanese: kōan, Chinese: gōng-àn, Korean: gong'an, Vietnamese: công án) is a story, dialogue, question, or statement in the history and lore of Chán (Zen) Buddhism, generally containing aspects that are inaccessible to rational understanding, yet may be accessible to intuition.