Everybody Is Somewhere.

...we Are Entitled To Make Almost Any Reasonable Assumption, But Should Resist Making Conclusions Until Evidence Requires That We Do So.

Laughter Would Appear To Be A Physical Reflex, Although Even If It Is, This Still Leaves Unanswered The Question Of Why The Human Response To Humor Is A Convulsive Spasm Of The Respiratory Mechanism Rather Than A Crossing Of The Eyes Or A Waving Of The Arms.

Civilization Itself . . . Can Easily Be Swept Aside When Mob Passions Are Aroused.

Consider The Wave Of Revulsion That Floods The Average Person When He Or She Hears Of The Practice Of Human Sacrifice By The Aztecs And Other So-called Primitive Peoples. How Savage And Barbaric Such Practices Seem. But When A Christian Or Jew Comes Across Human Sacrifice In The Bible (see Jephthah's Immolation Of His Daughter In Judges 11:30-40), Is He Or She Repulsed?

In A Rational Society We Would Want Our Presidents To Be Teachers. In Our Actual Society We Insist They Be Cheerleaders.