Working out the social politics of who you can trust and why is, quite literally, what a very large part of our brain has evolved to do.
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Trust, Evolution, Social Dynamics, Brain Function, Human Nature
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More Douglas Adams Quotes
“Dirk was, for one of the few times in a life of exuberantly prolific loquacity, wordless.” Douglas Adams
Silence, Character, Contrast, Vocabulary, Speechlessness
Douglas Adams Silence, Character, Contrast, Vocabulary, Speechlessness“I don't say that I don't believe in God because that implies that there is a God for me not to believe in.” Douglas Adams
Atheism, Belief, God, Language, Logic
Douglas Adams Atheism, Belief, God, Language, Logic“I'm 48, which is a bit of a shock to me. Why only last year I thought I was a precocious young thing!” Douglas Adams
Age, Perception, Time, Humor, Self-image
Douglas Adams Age, Perception, Time, Humor, Self-image“The World Wide Web is the only thing I know of whose shortened form takes three times longer to say than what it's short for.” Douglas Adams
Internet, Language, Humor, Irony, Technology
Douglas Adams Internet, Language, Humor, Irony, Technology“You can't possibly be a scientist if you mind people thinking that you're a fool.” Douglas Adams
Science, Perception, Reputation, Humor, Wisdom
Douglas Adams Science, Perception, Reputation, Humor, Wisdom“The Saab seethed off into the night. Arthur watched it go, as stunned as a man might be who, having believed himself to be totally blind for five years, suddenly discovers that he had merely been wearing too large a hat.” Douglas Adams
Perception, Humor, Realization, Metaphor, Description
Douglas Adams Perception, Humor, Realization, Metaphor, Description“Years and years ago, I did a game based on 'Hitchhiker's Guide' with a company called Infocom, which was a great company. They were doing witty, intelligent, literate games based on text.” Douglas Adams
Technology, Games, Writing, Adaptation, Nostalgia
Douglas Adams Technology, Games, Writing, Adaptation, Nostalgia“These creatures you call mice, you see, they are not quite as they appear. They are merely the protrusion into our dimension of vastly hyperintelligent pandimensional beings.” Douglas Adams
Science Fiction, Mice, Humor, Dimensions, Intelligence
Douglas Adams Science Fiction, Mice, Humor, Dimensions, Intelligence“The lights went out in his eyes for absolutely the very last time ever.” Douglas Adams
Death, Finality, Description, Metaphor, Dramatic
Douglas Adams Death, Finality, Description, Metaphor, Dramatic“Do you find coming to terms with the mindless tedium of it all presents an interesting challenge?” Douglas Adams
Boredom, Challenge, Perception, Existentialism, Humor
Douglas Adams Boredom, Challenge, Perception, Existentialism, Humor“Nobody got murdered before lunch. But nobody. People weren't up to it. You needed a good lunch to get both the blood-sugar and blood-lust levels up.” Douglas Adams
Humor, Murder, Food, Timing, Human Nature
Douglas Adams Humor, Murder, Food, Timing, Human Nature“Driving a Porsche in London is like bringing a Ming vase to a football game.” Douglas Adams
Luxury, Incongruity, Humor, Comparison, Urban Life
Douglas Adams Luxury, Incongruity, Humor, Comparison, Urban Life“The little waiter's eyebrows wandered about his forehead in confusion.” Douglas Adams
Description, Confusion, Humor, Facial Expressions, Personification
Douglas Adams Description, Confusion, Humor, Facial Expressions, Personification“Democracy is all about not electing the wrong man-eating lizard.” Douglas Adams
Politics, Humor, Democracy, Choice, Cynicism
Douglas Adams Politics, Humor, Democracy, Choice, Cynicism“I remember very little about writing the first series of 'Hitchhiker's.' It's almost as if someone else wrote it.” Douglas Adams
Writing, Memory, Creativity, Authorship, Self-reflection
Douglas Adams Writing, Memory, Creativity, Authorship, Self-reflection“The difficulty with this conversation is that it's very different from most of the ones I've had of late. Which, as I explained, have mostly been with trees.” Douglas Adams
Conversation, Absurdity, Trees, Humor, Isolation
Douglas Adams Conversation, Absurdity, Trees, Humor, Isolation“Between you and me, sir, I would've been just as happy to have had her amputated and kept the foot. I had a little spot reserved on the mantelpiece, but there we are, we have to take things as we find them.” Douglas Adams
Dark Humor, Acceptance, Morbidity, Disappointment, Adaptation
Douglas Adams Dark Humor, Acceptance, Morbidity, Disappointment, Adaptation“Why should I want to make anything up? Life's bad enough as it is without wanting to invent any more of it.” Douglas Adams
Reality, Fiction, Cynicism, Writing, Perspective
Douglas Adams Reality, Fiction, Cynicism, Writing, Perspective