A response to Sarah

When reading Sarah's essay, I could not help but notice the common underlying theme of social outliers. Although I have not read the book Outliers myself, I believe it treats this topic very well. Although my father told me many improbable stories talking about the ability to be a virtuoso instrumentalist, it was another book (that I did, in fact, read) which treats the effect on society and on the individual when said individual is an outlier and renounces conformity. This book is called The Selfish Gene and it speaks about the benefits of rejecting the social norm. Although according to the book, such advantageous activity is beneficial to the individual, the group as a whole is somehow hurt. In this way, Game theory is briefly mentioned. I urge Sarah and anyone else interested in evolutionary psychology (if ever there was such a term) to read Richard Dawkin's piece.