[w]hat Makes Patriotic And Religious Fanatics Such

In Contrast [to Trees And Fish], Oil, Metals, And Coal Are Not Renewable; They Don't Reproduce, Sprout, Or Have Sex To Produce Baby Oil Droplets Or Coal Nuggets.

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.

With The Rise Of Chiefdoms Around 7,500 Years Ago, People Had To Learn, For The First Time In History, How To Encounter Strangers Regularly Without Attempting To Kill Them.

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.

I'd Rather Spend My Leisure Time Doing What Some People Call My Work And I Call My Fun.