Too much agonizing over little things

In my previous post, I notice that I made the large mistake of commenting on the the quoted material without having first read the entire article from which it was quoted. This is a bad idea as, in this case, I didn't have the quote in context.  

I had read the quote as being a stand alone comment on the state of things generally. When read in the context of the original article I got a different feel for what the author was trying to say. If anyone else made the same mistake as I, take a look at the entire article.

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One day long ago, a sorcerer and a warrior did battle, as such things were commonplace in that age. Sometimes the sorcerer won, and the sum value of human abilities was improved some trifling amount. Sometimes the warrior won, and again the human race improved by some insignificant amount, for a sorcerer who can't defeat one miserable warrior is a poor sorcerer indeed.