However, parental investment is not unlimited [6], [7] and offspring quality is seldom equal, potentially leading to selection pressures on parents to invest differentially in their offspring [6], [8], [9].
All things being equal (fortunately things are seldom equal, not exactly), people prefer to be with others who look like them, speak the same dialect, and hold the same beliefs An amplification of this evidently inborn predisposition leads with frightening ease to racism and religious bigotry.
Active managers say that while index funds might indeed be better if all else were equal, when it comes to investing in foreign markets, all else is seldom equal.
But all things are seldom equal.
However, all other things are seldom equal: differences in market size, labour costs, the quality of infrastructure and political stability, among other things, are also important for attracting investment.
Of course, facilities were seldom equal in the South, although emphatically separate.
In reality, the other factors are seldom equal.
Living at the time of the Eastern Jin dynasty, when Buddhism enjoyed an imperial favour seldom equaled in Chinese history, he was stirred by a profound faith to go to India, the "Holy Land" of Buddhism, in order to visit the sites of the Buddha's life and to bring back Buddhist texts that were still unknown in China.
No wonder choreographers like Merce Cunningham found in Cage an inspirational spatial element that is wonderful to dance to, and that is now often electronically emulated but seldom equalled.
