I was taught that the human brain was the crowning glory of evolution so far, but I think it's a very poor scheme for survival.
Source: In The Observer, 27 Dec 1987.
-- Kurt Vonnegut, Jr, (Nov 11 1922-2007), US author, journalist; He is known for black-humor novels about the horrors of the 20th century, Slaughterhouse Five, 1969.