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"The psychological components of war have not gone away-dominance, vengeance, callousness, tribalism, groupthink, self-deception."
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"By exploring the political and moral colorings of discoveries about what makes us tick, we can have a more honest science and a less fearful intellectual milieu."

"But the newest research is showing that many properties of the brain are genetically organized, and don't depend on information coming in from the senses."

"I think this confusion leads intellectuals and artists themselves to believe that the elite arts and humanities are a kind of higher, exalted form of human endeavor."

"So no, it's not all in the genes, but what isn't in the genes isn't in the family environment either. It can't be explained in terms of the overall personalities or the child-rearing practices of parents."

"As many political writers have pointed out, commitment to political equality is not an empirical claim that people are clones."
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"War grows out of ordinary human nature."

"Don't hate the Muslims or Islam. Hate if you must, the fundamentalists who consistently compel the human society to turn away from even the peace loving Muslims. However, the term hate would be an understatement when we are referring to the fundamentalists. The fundamentalists are the biggest enemies of the human race. Without the presence of the fundamentalist inspiration, no violence in the name of religion shall ever fester on this planet. People from all religious, spiritual and non-religious background shall live in harmony, enriching each other's lives, if there are no fundamentalists to divide them apart."

"What could a person like Emily do? Could she possibly satisfy both sides? Or would that only end badly?"
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