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― Crippled America: How to Make America Great Again
― Crippled America: How to Make America Great Again
“[L]iking" something is very important evolutionarily, because most things are harmful to us. Of the millions of objects that we bump into every day, only a handful are beneficial to us. Hence to "like" something is to make a decision between one out of the tiny fraction of things that can help us over against the millions of things that might harm us.”
― Physics of the Impossible
― Physics of the Impossible
“They think that successful diplomacy requires years of experience and an understanding of all the nuances that have to be carefully considered before reaching a conclusion. Only then do these pinstriped bureaucrats consider taking action.”
― Crippled America: How to Make America Great Again
― Crippled America: How to Make America Great Again
“The pearlfish swims up a sea cucumber's anus, makes itslef comfortable, and eats its host's gonads.”
― The Wasp That Brainwashed the Caterpillar: Evolution's Most Unbelievable Solutions to Life's Biggest Problems
― The Wasp That Brainwashed the Caterpillar: Evolution's Most Unbelievable Solutions to Life's Biggest Problems
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