The information that is passed from person to person and from generation to generation is the primary factor that gives humans a competitive advantage over other animals.

I much prefer the modern world.

The information that is passed from person to person and from generation to generation is the primary factor that gives humans a competitive advantage over other animals.

People under the influence of cults is similar to that we observe in addicts. Typical behaviour for both includes draining bank accounts, neglecting children, destroying relations with family and losing interest in anything except the drug or cult.

Fighting hard to protect yourself and your relatives is good for your genes, but when captured and escape is not possible, giving up short of dying and making the best you can of the new situation is also good for your genes.

Perhaps teachers should be instructed in a program where they lie to their students on a regular basis to sharpen up their skills at detecting lies.

Evolution acts slowly. Our psychological characteristics today are those that promoted reproductive success in the ancestral environmen.