Quote note (#281)¶
The grim fact is that evolution is not binary. It happens in degrees, like shades of a color on a detailed painting. Some rise above, and the rest remain in the middle, in varying degrees. Humanity has not risen above its ape ancestors, only some have, and the rest remain “talking monkeys with car keys.” […] We see this daily. …
XS has just one substantial disagreement with the place this post
goes, as distilled here:
“… there is a 1% of mental ability, moral integrity and character who
should rule the rest of us, because our judgment is poor.” No. The
rare exceptions are too precious to be squandered on social
zoo-keeping.