Groups Quote by Jonathan Haidt

“Groups create supernatural beings not to explain the universe but to order their societies.”

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Groups Order Universe

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Love and work are to people what water and sunshine are to plants.

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Congress is full of good, decent, smart people who have devoted their lives to public service.

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“The ethic of autonomy is based on the idea that people are, first and foremost, autonomous individuals with wants, needs, and preferences. People should…

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I got interested in the American culture war back in 2004, and it's one of the only growth stocks I've ever invested in.

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I think of myself as a social scientist. In order to get hired and to get promoted, we're forced to declare a disciplinary and…

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“We should not expect individuals to produce good, open-minded, truth-seeking reasoning, particularly when self-interest or reputational concerns are in play. But if you put…

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The most powerful force ever known on this planet is human cooperation - a force for construction and destruction.

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It only takes twenty generations of selective breeding to create large differences or appearance and behavior in other mammals.

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If you think half of America votes badly because they are stupid or religious, you are trapped in a matrix ... Take the red…

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“Our minds have the potential to become righteous about many different concerns, and only a few of these concerns are activated during childhood. Other”

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I'm really thankful to God, man. Like now, I'm really making a real comeback with my group. With or without a record, with or…

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[U]nless oppressed groups stick together, and on alliances of self interest rather than do-goodism; nothing can be accomplished in the long run to dismantle…

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