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But if she mates with such a man, she dooms her offspring, say the scientists, for the man is likely to father sons much like himself—men who are attractive only to smart women.
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Because their limbic system tells them to “maximize their inclusive fitness,” say scientists.
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And for that she must spend much of her time and money as though she were a candidate for public office—that is, deceiving people about what she really is.
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He has to spend even more—bringing himself even closer to bankruptcy—in order to show off.
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The woman has to be conscious of the subtle clues.
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But people come to believe whatever they must believe when they must believe it.
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That they have evolved different social structures provides no reasonable basis for thinking one is better than another . . . or that the world itself would be better if one group were to prevail over another.
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FLATTERING FRAUDS
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As to fitness—the sole standard of the evolutionists’ creed—all surviving genes are created equal.
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For, we now see why, in an evolutionary sense, such bamboozles are rational; without them, the group might soon be annihilated.
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And are ready to undertake nearly any kind of skulduggery one can imagine in earnest pursuit of ideals that are nothing more than evolutionary flimflam.
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But necessary or not, they do end up turning our whole extended tribe into a breed of criminal idiots, who mostly believe things that can’t possibly be true.
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A man never feels more noble, handsome, or worthy as when he sees himself reflected in the eyes of his admiring lover.
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BRIGHT SHINING LIES
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To the rest of the world, he may be an oaf and a dimwit; to her he is an oaf and a dimwit, too, but an adorable one.
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Faced with a postal worker in full battle armor or a fashion model stark naked, a smart man doesn’t think at all.
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Boy, I sure had a good time last night at the strip joint.
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We prefer deception—but only when it is unabashedly flattering or artfully camouflaged.
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they have a purpose greater than just passing along their genes to the next generation
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Nor does it mean that there is no sense in what they do.
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But even if there is a sense to it, they are themselves usually unaware of the real sense, and would deny it if you pointed it out to them.
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The truth is, when it comes down to it, human beings are hopeless jellyfish, taking the shape of almost any container you force them into.
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The bigger a fool he is, the more he seems to be able to get other fools to fall in behind him—so long as he is confident enough . . . and has convinced himself enough.
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The words wrap around their feet, the ideas clutch their throats, and their own selfish emotions wriggle around their chests and squeeze their hearts, but the humbuggers are convinced that their humbuggery is as natural and as beautiful as ivy.
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Their thoughts contain such a tangle of deception and misconception that there is never the slightest hope they will extricate themselves from their assumption of unadulterated virtue.
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Scientists assume that man is always a naive scientist himself.
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And the reason for this is that while all public spectacles may found themselves on a humbug, yet it is a humbug with no malice aforethought.
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Unless he is a seasoned cynic with a pre-nup in his hand, he believes it will last forever, or at least as long as a bubble in the housing market
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He looks at his lover and sees no faults or flaws
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he might avoid it altogether, just as he would stay away from overpriced stocks
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