“The offspring cannot rely on its parents for disinterested guidance. One expects the offspring to be preprogrammed to resist some parental manipulation while being open to other forms. When the parent imposes an arbitrary system of reinforcement (punishment and reward)… — Robert Trivers Copy Share Image
“However much we champion freedom of thought, we actually spend much of our time censoring input. We seek out publications that mirror or support… — Robert Trivers Copy Share Image
“The great sage Thales once put the general matter succinctly "Oh master," he was asked, "what is the most difficult thing to do?" "To… — Robert Trivers Copy Share Image
The chimpanzee and the human share about 99.5 percent of their evolutionary history, yet most human thinkers regard the chimp as a malformed, irrelevant… — Robert Trivers Copy Share Image
“A kind of bias I share says that if a human thinks symmetry is important it may or may not be, but if a… — Robert Trivers Copy Share Image
“The offspring cannot rely on its parents for disinterested guidance. One expects the offspring to be preprogrammed to resist some parental manipulation while being… — Robert Trivers Copy Share Image
If... deceit is fundamental to animal communication, then there must be strong selection to spot deception and this ought, in turn, to select for… — Robert Trivers Copy Share Image
“Revolutionary moments often seem to occur in history when large numbers of individuals have a change in consciousness, regarding themselves and their status” — Robert Trivers Copy Share Image
“A very disturbing feature of overconfidence is that it often appears to be poorly associated with knowledge - that is, the more ignorant the… — Robert Trivers Copy Share Image
