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Egalitarianism seems to be rooted more in the hatred of domination than in the love of equality per se.

— Jonathan Haidt The Righteous Mind: Why Good People are Divided by Politics and Religion (2012)

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Anyone who values truth should stop worshipping reason.

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Republicans understand moral psychology. Democrats don't.

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Science is a smorgasbord, and Google will guide you to the study that's right for you.

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Sports is to war as pornography is to sex.

The lesson Buddha and Marcus Aurelius had taught centuries earlier: "Nothing is miserable unless you think it so; and on the other hand, nothing brings happiness unless you are content with it".

The Happiness Hypothesis: Finding Modern Truth in Ancient Wisdom (2005)

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