Sophisticated people sneer at                           
 feel-good comedies and
 saccharine romances
 in which everyone lives                            happily ever after.
 But when it comes                            to science,
 these same people say,                           
 "Give us schmaltz!"
 They expect the science                            of human beings
 to be a source                            of
 emotional uplift and
 inspirational sermonizing.
 -- Steven Pinker