It's very strange writing science fiction in a world that moves as fast as ours does.
Police do not belong in war zones.
Its obvious, but perhaps worth saying, that happiness has virtually nothing to do with the state of your intellect.
Actors are good liars; writers are good liars with good memories.
Writers, all the good ones, are Natural Born Liars.
So, we, as human beings, live in a very imprecise world. A world where our perceptions of reality are far more important than actual reality.