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Book cover for The Blank Slate: The Modern Denial of Human Nature

The Blank Slate: The Modern Denial of Human Nature by Steven Pinker

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Attempts to explain behavior in mechanistic terms are commonly denounced as 鈥渞eductionist鈥� or 鈥渄eterminist.鈥� The denouncers rarely know exactly what they mean by those words, but everyone knows they refer to something bad.

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“If you have ever argued with a religious devotee, for example, you will have noticed that his self-esteem and pride are involved in the dispute and that you are asking him to give up something more than a point in argument.”
― Christopher Hitchens, Letters to a Young Contrarian

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“賯丕賱賱賷爻丕賱賲亘賷賴: "兀賳鬲鬲賯乇兀賰孬賷乇丕..兀賳鬲賲噩賳賵賳!" .. 賯賱鬲賱賴廿賳丕賱賯乇丕亍丞亘丕賱賳爻亘丞賱賷賳賵毓乇禺賷氐賲賳丕賱賲禺丿乇丕鬲. 賱丕兀賮毓賱亘賴丕卮賷卅丕賸爻賵賶丕賱睾賷丕亘毓賳丕賱賵毓賷. 賮賷丕賱賲丕囟賷 -鬲氐賵乇賴匕丕- 賰丕賳賵丕賷賯乇亍賵賳賲賳兀噩賱廿賰鬲爻丕亘丕賱賵毓賷 ! ..”
― 兀丨賲丿禺丕賱丿鬲賵賮賷賯, 賷賵鬲賵亘賷丕

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“For he was aware of the great secret of life: Women don't look for handsome men. Women look for men who have had beautiful women. Having an ugly mistress is therefore a fatal mistake.”
― Milan Kundera, The Book of Laughter and Forgetting

tags: beauty, love, mistress, relationship, ugly, women

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“If we鈥檙e going to be friends with benefits, I want private health and dental.鈥� Dear”
― Dan Ariely, Behavioural Economics Saved My Dog: Life Advice For The Imperfect Human

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“(Adlai Stevenson once said to Richard Nixon: 鈥淚f you stop telling lies about me I鈥檒l stop telling the truth about you.”
― Christopher Hitchens, Letters to a Young Contrarian

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