Project Hail Mary

by Andy Weir

Science teachers know a lot of random facts.

but gosh darn it, I can spend a moment to be happy about being right when everyone said I was wrong!

“It is…good. Time for science!”

Man, being an American scientist sucks sometimes.

REAL

Oh thank God. I can’t imagine explaining “sleep” to someone who had never heard of it. Hey, I’m going to fall unconscious and hallucinate for a while. By the way, I spend a third of my time doing this. And if I can’t do it for a while, I go insane and eventually die. No need for concern.

“I try so many times. Fail so many times. Not good at science.”

But evolution is lazy. Once a problem is solved, the trait stops evolving.

Evolution hate death.”

humanity can be pretty impressive when we put our minds to it.