Beta is Latin for still doesn't work. Insisting on perfect safety is for people who don't have the balls to live in the real world. So in conclusion, gentlemen, fuck you. Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away. A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly.
Specialization is for insects.
I dispute that. I say there is more stupidity than hydrogen, and that is the basic building block of the universe. For those who believe in God, most of the big questions are answered. But for those of us who can't readily accept the God formula, the big answers don't remain stone-written. We adjust to new conditions and discoveries.