Children Quote by Richard Dawkins

Attitudes toward other creatures is conditioned by one's level of security within the universe.

— Mamphela Ramphele

With so many mind-bytes to be downloaded, so many mental codons to be replicated, it is no wonder that child brains are gullible, open…

— Richard Dawkins

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

“We’ve been trained to believe that mediocre obedience is a genetic fact for most of the population, but it’s interesting to note that this…

— Seth Godin

Ultimately, human intentionality is the most powerful evolutionary force on this planet.

— George Leonard

Although humans inherit a biological bias that permits them to feel anger, jealousy, selfishness and envy, and to be rude, aggressive or violent, they…

— Jerome Kagan

Human beings function better if they are deceived by their genes into thinking that there is a disinterested objective morality binding upon them, which…

— E. O. Wilson

Sympathy will have been increased through natural selection

— Charles Darwin

Natural selection, as it has operated in human history, favors not only the clever but the murderous.

— Barbara Ehrenreich

“Natural selection has served as a kind of intellectual sieve, producing brains and intelligences increasingly competent to deal with the laws of nature.”

— Carl Sagan

“Across generations, wariness of new individuals, groups, and ideas was built into the circuits of the human brain's alarm response because those who had…

— Bruce D. Perry

“there is a pressure for genes to be selfish, but in an enlightened way, to collaborate, coordinate, and play their small part in ensuring…

— Daniel Bor