The hardest assumption to challenge is the one you don't even know you are making.
I like the cover," he said. "Don't Panic. It's the first helpful or intelligible thing anybody's said to me all day.
Technology is the name we give to stuff that doesn't work properly yet
If everyone knew exactly what I was going to say, then there would be no point in my saying it, would there?
Life! Don't talk to me about life!
So you can imagine what happens when a mainland species gets introduced to an island. It would be like introducing Al Capone, Genghis Khan and Rupert Murdoch into the Isle of Wight - the locals wouldn't stand a chance.