“[A]s moral philosophers through the ages have pointed out, a philosophy of living based on “Not everyone, just me!” falls apart as soon as one sees oneself from an objective standpoint as a person just like others. It is like insisting that “here,” the point in space one happens to be occupying at the moment, is a special place in the universe.”

— Steven Pinker, The Blank Slate: The Modern Denial of Human Nature (2002), Chapter 11: The Fear of Nihilism, p. 186