From Dopapedia, the dopamine encyclopedia.
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The dopamings are earthling doppelgängers who live on a planet similar to ours, in a parallel universe not far away.
“Every step in human progress, from the first feeble stirrings in the abyss of time, has been opposed by the great majority of men… They have fought every new truth ever heard of, and they have killed every truth-seeker who got into their hands.”
– H.L. Mencken
“[Research] suggests that what we think of as free will is largely an illusion: much of the time, we are simply operating on automatic pilot, and the way we think and act – and how well we think and act on the spur of the moment – are a lot more susceptible to outside influences than we realize.”
— Malcolm Gladwell
“A person usually has two reasons for doing something: a good reason and the real reason.”
– Thomas Carlyle
“Monkeys are superior to men in this: When a monkey looks into a mirror, he sees a monkey.”
– Malcolm de Chazal
“When a person cannot deceive himself the chances are against his being able to deceive other people.” – Mark Twain
“One of the painful things about our time is that those who feel certainty are stupid, and those with any imagination and understanding are filled with doubt and indecision.” – Bertrand Russell
Though extremely busy being dead, Mr. Pascal agreed to come back to life long enough to share his insights with our readers.