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Rather than the human brain evolving for God, God evolved for the human brain.

— Steve Stewart-Williams The Ape That Understood the Universe: How the Mind and Culture Evolve (2018)

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We’re clusters of chemical reactions that contemplate deep truths about the nature of reality.

The Ape That Understood the Universe: How the Mind and Culture Evolve (2018)

Nature isn’t just a bloodbath; it’s also a vast, unending orgy.

The Ape That Understood the Universe: How the Mind and Culture Evolve (2018)

There are no average sex differences in IQ, for instance (much to the surprise and disappointment of both sexes).

A Billion Years of Sex Differences: How Evolution Shaped the Minds of Men and Women (2026)

When you contemplate the universe, part of the universe becomes conscious of itself.

Darwin, God and the Meaning of Life: How Evolutionary Theory Undermines Everything You Think You Know (2010)

By clamping down on male aggression, culture may make the sex difference in aggression smaller than it would otherwise have been.

The Ape That Understood the Universe: How the Mind and Culture Evolve (2018)

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