Best Frans de Waal Quotes
- The original form is the contagion of fear and alarm. You're in a flock of birds. One bird suddenly takes off. You have no time… Alarm
- Human morality is unthinkable without empathy. Empathy
- There is little evidence that other animals judge the appropriateness of actions that do not directly affect themselves. Action
- Chimpanzees, typically, kiss and embrace after fights. They first make eye contact from a distance to see the mood of the others. Then they approach… Approach
- It is hard to get animals which normally pay little attention to each other to do things together. One can teach dolphins to jump simultaneously… Animal
- A chimpanzee who is really gearing up for a fight doesn't waste time with gestures but just goes ahead and attacks. Ahead
- Although elephants are far more distantly related to us than the great apes, they seem to have evolved similar social and cognitive capacities. Ape
- Dogmatists have one advantage: they are poor listeners. Advantage
- Exclusive homosexuality is not very common in nature. Common
- Female bonobos form a strong sisterhood. They rule through female solidarity. Bonobos
- Future benefits rarely figure in the minds of animals. Animal
- Humans have a lot of pro-social tendencies. Humans
- I think we need to start thinking about grounding our moral systems in our biology. Biology
- I'm personally a nonbeliever, so I'm struggling with if we really need religion. Inspirational
- Male bonobos really don't fit the human male ideal. Bonobos
- Male chimpanzees have an extraordinarily strong drive for dominance. They're constantly jockeying for position. Chimpanzees
- People want to work with somebody who feels shame, who worries about the perceptions of others. Dishonesty is something we don't like in others. Dishonesty
- Personally, I think it is possible to build a society that is moral on a nonreligious basis, but the jury is still out on that. Bases
- Religion may have become a codification of morality, and it may fortify it, but it's not the origin of it. Codification
- Science is not inherently good. Funny
- The more self-aware an animal is, the more empathetic it tends to be. Animal
- The primate laugh is given in playful contexts, and as such has a strong similarity to the human laugh. Contexts
- The role of inequity in society is grossly underestimated. Inequity is not good for your health, basically. Good
- The sturdiest pillars of human morality are compassion and a sense of justice. Compassion
- Bonobo studies started in the '70s and came to fruition in the '80s. Then in the '90s, all of a sudden, boom, they ended because… 80s
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