Reply #26: I don't think Quinn's work gets nearly enough attention [View All]

[DuctapeFatwa]

Especially in schools. I wish they would translate it into more languages!

I think he does very skillfully and clearly on a big scale what I was trying to do with my clumsy question - the most encouraging thing I think is that it is possible to get away from the defeatism and shame of "oh, well, it's just human nature."

I say it, I think it, I write it, as often as anyone else, but we are wrong - it is NOT human nature. Maybe as we learn more about the human genome we will find something to help us understand it - my own personal theory is that it is evolutionary - Leavers are kind of like the first hominids who strained and teetered as they lifted their front limbs off the ground and streeeettchhhed up!

But that could be just wishful thinking ;)