“It is a law of nature we overlook, that
intellectual versatility is the compensation for change, danger, and trouble.
An animal perfectly in harmony with its environment is a perfect mechanism.
Nature never appeals to intelligence until habit and instinct are useless.
There is no intelligence where there is no change and no need of change. Only
those animals partake of intelligence that have a huge variety of needs and
dangers.” —H.G. Wells, The Time Machine (1898)Tuesday, March 3, 2015
Quote of the Day (H.G. Wells, on ‘Intellectual Versatility’ as Compensation for Change)
“It is a law of nature we overlook, that
intellectual versatility is the compensation for change, danger, and trouble.
An animal perfectly in harmony with its environment is a perfect mechanism.
Nature never appeals to intelligence until habit and instinct are useless.
There is no intelligence where there is no change and no need of change. Only
those animals partake of intelligence that have a huge variety of needs and
dangers.” —H.G. Wells, The Time Machine (1898)
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