Nice to know that he had the gods on his side. Better make sure the lawyers were there, too. - Larry Niven

"Species evolve to meet the environment. An intelligent species changes the environment to suit itself. As soon as a species becomes intelligent, it should stop evolving." "A"

“What the hell is this?” Acacia asked.
Tammi examined a necklace of human teeth. “Looks like a cross between a santería minimart and a head shop.”

Nitwit ideas are for emergencies. You use them when you've got nothing else to try. If they work, they go in the Book. Otherwise you follow the Book, which is largely a collection of nitwit ideas that worked.