Most evolving lineages, human or otherwise, when threatened with extinction, don't do anything special to avoid it.

  • -- George C. Williams 乔治·威廉斯

大多数进化的血统,无论是人类还是其他物种,在面临灭绝的威胁时,都不会做任何特别的事情来避免它。

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Most of them are doomed to rapid extinction, but a few may make evolutionary inventions, such as physiological, ecological, or behavioral innovations that give these species improved competitive potential.

它们中的大多数注定会迅速灭绝,但也有少数可能会做出进化性的发明,比如生理、生态或行为创新,从而提高这些物种的竞争潜力。

It destroys one's nerves to be amiable every day to the same human being.

每天对同一个人和蔼可亲会破坏人的神经。

Never underestimate human stupidity.

永远不要低估人类的愚蠢。