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> [We have been told over and over that "you can't change human nature", but the study of emic realities shows quite the contrary, that almost anything can become "human nature" if society defines it as such.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-anton-wilson/we-have-been-told-over-and-over-that-you-can-t-change-human-nature/)

[Robert Anton Wilson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-anton-wilson/)

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> [Every ideology is contrary to human psychology.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-camus/every-ideology-is-contrary-to-human-psychology/)

[Albert Camus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-camus/)

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