Patriot: the person who can holler the loudest without knowing what he ishollering about. ― Mark Twain

Skinner's Constant (or Flannagan's Finagling Factor): That quantity which,when multiplied by, divided by, added to, or subtracted from the answer youget, gives you the answer you should have gotten.

Natural selection won't matter soon, not anywhere as much as conciousselection. We will civilize and alter ourselves to suit our ideas of whatwe can be. Within one more human lifespan, we will have changed ourselvesunrecognizably. ― Greg Bear

Boren's Laws: (1) When in charge, ponder. (2) When in trouble, delegate. (3) When in doubt, mumble.