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“Nothing is easier than self-deceit. For what each man wishes, that he also believes to be true.”
– Demosthenes

“A great many people think they are thinking when they are merely rearranging their prejudices.” – William James

“No human being is innocent, but there is a class of innocent human actions called Games.” – W. H. Auden

“There is no distinctly native American criminal class save Congress.” – Mark Twain

“There is no expedient to which a man will not go to avoid the labor of thinking.” – Thomas A. Edison

For animals, dopamine is a healthy means to biological ends = survival and reproduction. For people, scoring dopamine is a bioillogical dead-end unto itself.

Imagine a sci-fi flick where the human race is on the verge of collapse. The situation is so dire that the world’s greatest minds are brought together for a month-long conference. After much rancor and [...]

“In nature a repulsive caterpillar turns into a lovely butterfly. But with humans it is the other way around: a lovely butterfly turns into a repulsive caterpillar.” - Anton Chekhov