--- she says it’s a tradition --- which must mean all those things people do that they don’t know why they do ‘em.”from the novella Christopher O’Connor’s Romances

Anachron’s Law:There is no myth which is so irrational that no one will believe it.Anachron’s Corollary:There is no truth which is so obvious that everyone will accept it.

One of the eternal verities of human life is that if you make the same choices as other people, they will think you are intelligent.

One of the great things about anarchy is that it’s hard to get it organized.

The fiercely competitive are fierce because they don’t see themselves as competitive.

People who were raised on The Bible can never tell the difference between a warning and an advertisement.

The only way to get everything you want in life is to be very clever about what you want.

People who believe that justice is a pendulum are willing to swing it wildly.

Darwinian evolution has obviously not had enough time to work.

Unquestioning obedience is hailed as a great virtue only by those leaders whose commands are highly questionable.