Where Subtlety Fails Us We Must Simply

Gaia Spins On, Silently Contemplating What It Means To Be Born Into A Sarcastic Universe.

The Fundamental Premise Of Sci-fi Is Not Spaceships And Lasers - It's That Children Can Learn From The Mistakes Of Their Parents.

There's No Doubt That Scientific Training Helps Many Authors To Write Better Science Fiction. And Yet, Several Of The Very Best Were English Majors Who Could Not Parse A Differential Equation To Save Their Lives.

Indeed, The Maligned American Pastime Of Baseball May Be By-far The Greatest And Best Sport By One Criterion, When It Comes To Emulating And Training For Genuinely Useful Neolithic Skills! Think About It. The Game Consists Of Lots Of Patient Waiting And Watching (stalking), Throwing With Incredible Accuracy And Speed, Sprinting, Dodging... And Hitting Moving Objects Real Hard With Clubs! And Arguing. Hey, What Else Could You Possibly Need? Now, Tell Me, How Do Soccer Or Basketball Prepare You To Survive In The Wild, Hm?

Self-awareness Is Probably Overrated. A Complex, Self-regulating System Doesn't Need It In Order To Be Successful, Or Even Smart.