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