Zero Sight (Zero Sight, #1)

by B. Justin Shier

+ Let me take a moment to point out the glaringly obvious. Humans are idiots. Over millions of years, a species’ fitness is tested in a game of life and death. The rules are quite simple: Fail and turn to dust, survive and reproduce. Some animals fail because they do stupid shit, others because they were just plain unlucky, but on the whole, the ones that were a bit smarter, quicker, or simply more paranoid than their fellows survive a bit longer. And that little bit is usually just long enough to make some babies. The cycle continues, and a sort of survival manual is etched straight into the DNA. It keeps progeny from doing silly things that failed creatures have tried before. Things like jumping off cliffs, poking snakes, or eating dirt (worms excluded). But humans just have to be different. We get a little more brainpower than your average mammal and decide that the manual shouldn’t apply. After all, how can a few million years of collective experience compare to the incredible insight we’ve accrued through a few decades of foraging at grocery stores and microwaving TV dinners? The result? Unlike our fellow mammals, we humans are prone to some really boneheaded decisions.

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