“Thinking is computation, I claim, but that does not mean that the computer is a good metaphor for the mind. The mind… — Steven Pinker Copy Share Image
“Costly rituals help communities grow stronger, and this can have major implications for their long-term survival and prosperity.” — Dimitris Xygalatas Copy Share Image
“Piaget may 'be about' stages or cognitive development only in the way that Newton 'is about' gravity, or Columbus the West Indies,… — Robert Kegan Copy Share Image
“We are a singularity that makes music out of noise because we must hurry. We make a harvest of loneliness and desiring… — Jack Gilbert Copy Share Image
“Existing political philosophies all developed before evolutionary game theory, so they do not take equilibrium selection into account. Socialism pretends that individuals… — Geoffrey Miller Copy Share Image
The task of evolutionary psychology is not to weigh in on human nature, a task better left to others. It is to… — Steven Pinker Copy Share Image
“The logic behind these initiations provides an efficient solution to a pressing cooperation dilemma: in order for a group to survive, it… — Dimitris Xygalatas Copy Share Image
I can't think of anyone who is up on evolutionary psychology and related areas who is deluded enough to be called a… — Keith Henson Copy Share Image
“God is nature’s antidote to misery, and religion is the capsule it comes in.” — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
“In trying to make sense of this pessimism, Ridley, like Kahneman, sees a combination of cognitive biases and evolutionary psychology as the… — Peter H. Diamandis Copy Share Image
“The common denominator of all jokes is a path of expectation that is diverted by an unexpected twist necessitating a complete reinterpretation… — V.S. Ramachandran Copy Share Image
Christopher Ryan and Cacilda Jetha have written the essential corrective to the evolutionary psychology literature... — Stanton Peele Copy Share Image
Evolutionary psychology is one of four sciences that are bringing human nature back into the picture. — Steven Pinker Copy Share Image
“Ironically, the same scientific disciplines which shape our milk machines and egg machines have lately demonstrated beyond reasonable doubt that mammals and… — Yuval Noah Harari Copy Share Image
“Nature programmed the neurobiological processes of early love to appear as something beyond the primitive sexual cravings of the genitals. So, from… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
“Why do women spend so much time in talking to their female peers? The answer can again be found in the process… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
