“The god Enlil, like the later god of the Israelites, ordered a giant flood to wipe out humanity. But, instead of believing that humanity had become a den of iniquity that needed cleansing, Enlil just found us too noisy.”—Joseph Henrich, The WEIRDest People in the World (2020)
Read MoreWild flowers want to get noticed by butterflies and bees; they don’t want to get noticed and eaten by grazing moose. Likewise, scantily-clad young women want to be noticed by good-looking young people their age; they don’t want to get ogled by ogres.
Read MoreIntellectuals who traffic in anti-intellectualism are like guys who act woke so they can sleep with progressive women.
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