But our society does not grant nontraditional forms of intelligence equal recognition, no matter how much it would help us get along or truly enrich our lives.

In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is stoned to death.

Perhaps the thing that makes humans truly unique on Earth is that we are never satisfied with our situation; maybe that is what's taken us so far.

A clear conscience is generally the result of a faulty memory, not a faulty life.

The mers were also designed to reproduce only at long intervals, in order to maintain the natural balance of the environment in which they were placed.

The contradictions are what make human behavior so maddening and yet so fascinating, all at the same time.

Archaeology is the anthropology of the past, and science fiction is the anthropology of the future.