28 May, 2011

Cantina Quote o' The Week: Steven Pinker

The problem in dealing with people is that people can deal back.

-Steven Pinker, How the Mind Works

So can animals.  Just ask any pet owner who's left the buggers alone for a weekend, and upon their return discovered that revenge is a dish that may be served cold, in several expensive pieces, or as a steaming pile of unspeakable horror left on one's pillow.

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