The problem is, if you really believe in a society where those who merit to get to the top, get to the top, you'll also, by implication, and in a far more nasty way, believe in a society where those who deserve to get to the bottom also get to the bottom and stay there. I nother words, your position in life comes to seem not accidental, but merited and deserved. And that makes failure seem much more crushing.

The landscape of string theory is vast and complex, with perhaps 10^500 different possible universes.

"文学的价值不在于它的流行程度，而在于它能否触动读者的内心。"

Quality is never an accident; it is always the result of intelligent effort.