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It's the old idea that the process of evolution is some push in the direction of greater complexity--in particular greater intellectual complexity.…
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In the speech sound wave, one word runs into the next seamlessly; there are no little silences between spoken words the way…
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If people are innately saddled with certain sins and flaws, like selfishness, prejudice, sort-sightedness, and self-deception, then political reform would seem to…
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Art works because it appeals to certain faculties of the mind. Music depends on details of the auditory system, painting and sculpture…
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All of the violence that doesn't occur doesn't get reported on the news.
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As women are empowered, violence can come down, for a number of reasons. By all measures, men are the more violent gender.
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Knowing there is a world that will outlive you, there are people whose well-being depends on how you live your life, affects…
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Babies are born with the instinct to speak, the way spiders are born with the instinct to spin webs. You don't need…
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Our intelligence is imperfect, surely, and newly arisen; the ease with which it can be sweet-talked, overwhelmed, or subverted by other hardwired…
— Carl Sagan
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My family doesn't do happy endings. We do sad endings or frustrating endings or no endings at all. We are hardwired to…
— Hope Solo
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Stories--from the literature of our culture to descriptions of our days to the lunatic's ravings--appear to be hardwired into us. Even in…
— Michael Ruhlman
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Your life is a kind of laboratory where you're constantly experimenting with your own higher knowing, always increasing your capacity to design…
— David Emerald Womeldorff
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The process of composition, messing around with paragraphs and trying to make really good prose, is hardwired into my personality.
— Rick Moody
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Evidence that [feminine aesthetic preferences and ways of expressing oneself] may be hardwired comes from the fact that they typically appear early…
— Julia Serano
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We are hardwired to connect with others, it's what gives purpose and meaning to our lives, and without it there is suffering.
— Brené Brown
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The only way to find your voice is to use it. It’s hardwired, built into you. Talk about the things you love.…
— Austin Kleon
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