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