The Characteristic Human Trait Is Not Awareness

Human Beings Never Think For Themselves. For The Most Part, Members Of Our Species Simply Repeat What They Are Told - And Become Upset If They Are Exposed To Any Different View. The Characteristic Human Trait Is Not Awareness But Conformity. We Are Stubborn, Self-destructive Conformists. Any Other View Of Our Species Is Just A Self-congratulatory Delusion.

The Best Doctors Found A Middle Position Where They Were Neither Overwhelmed By Their Feelings Nor Estranged From Them. That Was The Most Difficult Position Of All, And The Precise Balance - Neither Too Detached Nor Too Caring - Was Something Few Learned.

The Rules Of Grammar Exist In Large Part To Permit Readers And Writers To Operate From A Shared Set Of Expectations.

In A Media-saturated World, Persistent Hype Lends Unwarranted Credulity To The Wildest Claims.

The Romantic View Of The Natural World As A Blissful Eden Is Only Held By People Who Have No Actual Experience Of Nature. People Who Live In Nature Are Not Romantic About It At All. They May Hold Spiritual Beliefs About The World Around Them, They May Have A Sense Of The Unity Of Nature Or The Aliveness Of All Things, But They Still Kill The Animals And Uproot The Plants In Order To Eat, To Live. If They Don't, They Will Die.