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"It is sometimes well for a blatant error to draw attention to overmodest truths."

"Al Gore is not just whistling in the wind. Global warming is for real. Every scientist knows that now, and we are on our way to the destruction of every species on earth, if we don't pay attention and reverse our course."

"The person upon whom the schoolboys' attention centred was, of course, the Headmaster."

"Jim and I are still receiving surgical attention, and will be the remainder of our lives."

"We throw all our attention on the utterly idle question whether A has done as well as B, when the only question is whether A has done as well as he could."

"I just really don't like being the center of attention that much. It's kind of ironic."

"To confine our attention to terrestrial matters would be to limit the human spirit."
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"Even small cults are a serious cost on the world economy, to victims, their families, employers, friends, and credit-card companies."

"Lie detection is like language; there is a learning window. Telling whoppers to small children seems to be a family tradition in many families."

"Successful cult memes induce intense social interaction behaviour between cult members. This trips the attention detectors."

"Cults, or related social movements such as the Taliban in Afghanistan, result in massive military expenses."

"Primates will continue to play social games without the least insight into what is killing them."

"Fighting hard to protect yourself and your relatives is good for your genes, but when captured and escape is not possible, giving up short of dying and making the best you can of the new situation is also good for your genes."

"Attention is the way social primates measure status. It is highly rewarding because it causes the release of brain chemicals such as dopamine and endorphins."

"I can't think of anyone who is up on evolutionary psychology and related areas who is deluded enough to be called a utopian."
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