History Followed Different Courses For Different Peoples

We Scientists Have Fantasies Of Being Uniquely Qualified To Make Great Discoveries. Alas, Reality Is Cruel: Most Of Us Are Replaceable. For The Vast Majority Of Scientific Contributions, If Scientist X Hadn't Achieved It That Year, Scientist Y Would Have Achieved The Same Result Or Something Very Similar Soon Thereafter.

Think Of All The Human Suffering Caused By The Sad Truth That Beautiful Sexy Women Or Handsome Porsche-owning Men Often Prove To Have Miserable Genes For Other Traits

[t]he Values To Which People Cling Most Stubbornly Under Inappropriate Conditions Are Those Values That Were Previously The Source Of Their Greatest Triumphs.

Throughout History, Adultery Has Had Few Rivals As A Cause Of Murder And Human Misery. The Reason We Tend To Resemble Our Mates Is That Many Of Us Are Looking For Someone Who Reminds Us Of Our Parent Or Sibling Of The Opposite Sex, Who In Turn Resembles Us.

The Single Most Important Problem Is Our Misguided Focus On Identifying The Single Most Important Problem!