Life Is Like A Very Short Visit

Artists Like Cats; Soldiers Like Dogs.

This Gives The Agents Of The Gods A Powerful Area Of Support. All They Need To Do Is To Remind Their Followers Constantly Of Their Mortality And To Convince Them That The Afterlife Itself Is Under The Personal Management Of The Particular Gods They Are Promoting. The Self-protective Urges Of Their Worshippers Will Do The Rest.

People Who Keep Dogs Live Longer On Average Than Those Who Do Not. This Is Not Some Kind Of Pro-canine Campaigning Fantasy. It Is A Simple Medical Fact That The Calming Influence Of The Company Of A Friendly Pet Animal Reduces Blood Pressure And Therefore The Risk Of Heart Attack.

We Read Off The Many Signals That Our Companions' Clothes Transmit To Us In Every Social Encounter. In This Way, Clothing Is As Much A Part Of Human Body Language As Gestures, Facial Expressions And Postures.even Those People Who Insist That They Despise Attention To Clothing, And Dress As Casually As Possible, Are Making Quite Specific Comments On Their Social Roles And Their Attitudes Towards The Culture In Which They Live.

It Must Be Stressed That There Is Nothing Insulting About Looking At People As Animals. We Are Animals, After All. Homo Sapiens Is A Species Of Primate, A Biological Phenomenon Dominated By Biological Rules, Like Any Other Species. Human Nature Is No More Than One Particular Kind Of Animal Nature. Agreed, The Human Species Is An Extraordinary Animal; But All Other Species Are Also Extraordinary Animals, Each In Their Own Way, And The Scientific Man-watcher Can Bring Many Fresh Insights To The Study Of Human Affairs If He Can Retain This Basic Attitude Of Evolutionary Humility.