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Evolution is an indispensable component of any satisfying explanation of our psychology.

I was taught that the human brain was the crowning glory of evolution so far, but I think it's a very poor scheme for survival.

The superiority of one mind over another depends on the rapidity with which experiences are thus organised.

People are pretty much alike. It's only that our differences are more susceptible to definition than our similarities.

But sequence comparisons simply can't account for the development of complex biochemical systems any more than Darwin's comparison of simple and complex eyes told him how vision worked.

Natural selection is not gene centrist and nor is biology all about genes; our comprehending minds are a result of our fast evolving culture.

I choose to be inspired by things that have been done well in the past. So, I don't worry about being compared, because I think that does paralyze you.

We humans have a tendency to see ourselves as completely different from other animals, and the way in which large segments of the public continue to reject the theory of evolution is just one symptom of that malaise.

Evolution thus is merely contingent on certain processes articulated by Darwin: variation and selection.

The genetic you and the neural you aren't alternatives to the conscious you. They are its foundations.