(with apologies to Colin Moulding) My daughter, as she is wont to do, once made an observation that stuck with me. “You know, without our big brains, humans are kind of useless.” Indeed. If you want to know why my blood pressure rises with every flat-earther, MAGA-hatter, and science-hater I see, reflect on this: Brains are the only thing that give us an edge in this world.