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For me, the most ironic token of [the first human moon landing] is the plaque signed by President Richard M. Nixon that Apollo 11 took to the moon. It...more

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Your religion assumes that people are children and need a boogeyman so they'll behave. You want people to believe in God so they'll obey the law. That...more

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National boundaries are not evident when we view the Earth from space. Fanatical ethnic or religious or national chauvinisms are a little difficult to...more

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The old exhortations to nationalist fervor and jingoist pride have begun to lose their appeal. Perhaps because of rising standards of living, children...more

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...two chimpanzees were observed maltreating a chicken: One would extend some food to the fowl, encouraging it to approach; whereupon the other would ...more

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While ritual, emotion and reasoning are all significant aspects of human nature, the most nearly unique human characteristic is the ability to associa...more

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Much of the difficulty in attempting to restructure American and other societies arises form this resistance by groups with vested interests in the st...more

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Perhaps the most striking aspect of this entire subject is that there are nonhuman primates so close to the edge of language, so willing to learn, so ...more

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[In] everyday life, it is very rare that we are confronted with new facts about events of long ago. Our memories are almost never challenged. They can...more

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Avoidable human misery is more often caused not so much by stupidity as by ignorance, particularly our ignorance about ourselves.

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It is morally as bad not to care whether a thing is true or not, so long as it makes you feel good, as it is not to care how you got your money as lon...more

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The Man in the Moon is in fact a record of ancient catastrophes--most of which took place before humans, before mammals, and probably even before life...more