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- The fact that people can forget these simple truths when intellectualizing about children shows how far modern doctrines have taken us. They make it easy…
- What a dull universe it would be if everything in it conformed to our expectations, if it held nothing to surprise or baffle us or…
- It begins with skepticism. The history of human folly, and our own susceptibility to illusions and fallacies, tell us that men and women are fallible.
- In fact, without a specification of a creature's goals, the very idea of intelligence is meaningless. A toadstool could be given a genius award for…
- Statisticians tell us that people underestimate the sheer number of coincidences that are bound to happen in a world governed by chance.
- Morality is not just any old topic in psychology but close to our conception of the meaning of life. Moral goodness is what gives each…
- There's a common criticism of evolutionary psychology that it's fatalistic and it dooms us to eternal strife, 'Why even try to work toward peace if…
- By exploring the political and moral colorings of discoveries about what makes us tick, we can have a more honest science and a less fearful…
- Cognitive psychology tells us that the unaided human mind is vulnerable to many fallacies and illusions because of its reliance on its memory for vivid…
- Plants can't very well defend themselves by their behavior, so they resort to chemical warfare, and plants are saturated with toxins and irritants to deter…
- Words let us say the things we want to say and also things we would be better off not having said. They let us know…
- Of course genes can’t pull the levers of our behavior directly. But they affect the wiring and workings of the brain, and the brain is…
- The Rights Revolutions too have given us ideals that educated people today take for granted but that are virtually unprecedented in human history, such as…
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- Sometimes I think that life would be how much easier if we don't have heart. Because it is the heart which puts… — Anurag Prakash Ray
- It is the people closest to us, that are capable of hurting us most. — Nishan Panwar
- It is just that we should be grateful, not only to those with whose views we may agree, but also to those… — Aristotle
- Our efforts are not aimed at isolating Israel or de-legitimizing it; rather we want to gain legitimacy for the cause of the… — Mahmoud Abbas
- When I immersed myself in prayer and united myself with all the Masses that were being celebrated all over the world at… — Mary Faustina Kowalska
- Creation is not a property, which we can rule over at will; or, even less, is the property of only a few:… — Pope Francis
- Life may burn us, it's how we rise out of the ashes that define our character. — Nishan Panwar
- Dreams are what keep us going when real life lets us down. — Nishan Panwar