Rationality...

[fajrdrako]

Past and present religious atrocities have occurred not because we are evil, but because it is a fact of nature that the human species is, biologically, only partly rational. Evolution has meant that our prefrontal lobes are too small, our adrenal glands are too big, and our reproductive organs apparently designed by a committee; a recipe which, alone or in combination, is very certain to lead to some unhappiness and disorder. - Christopher Hitchens, God Is Not Great, p. 8.

Rephrased:

Funny little human brains. How do you get around in those things? - The Doctor, in Doctor Who, "The Doctor Dances" by Steven Moffat

Comments

[duncanmac.livejournal.com]

Only too true. For better or worse.

That makes me think of two things: Lynn Johnston's comic strip "For Better or for Worse" as well as a Mad magazine parody (related to it?) titled "Mad: for better or verse." Some of the observations she has of her children growing up are singularly apropos -- they reminded me of conflicts that I had with my sister as well.

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

I think most families have similar patterns - with variations. Because people are like that. Isn't Lynn Johnston into the next generation yet?

[duncanmac.livejournal.com]

I think she is ... but I am not up to date with her stuff (and haven't been for years). :-(