Science is a form of arrogance control.
The second-sweetest set of three words in English is 'I don't know.'
The history of the women's movement in America follows a consciousness-amnesia cycle.
Severe initiations increase a member's liking for the group.
No one seems to have learned, or can remember, the magic words that calm people when they are frightened or threatened: "I'm sorry; I didn't see you; are you all right?" The inability to speak these words, I observe, goes right along with a propensity for mindless insults.
Many books in popular psychology are a melange of the author's comments, a dollop of research, and stupefyingly dull transcriptions from interviews.