As many political writers have pointed out, commitment to political equality is not an empirical claim that people are clones.

Language mavens commonly confuse their own peeves with a worsening of the language.

Evolutionary psychology is one of four sciences that are bringing human nature back into the picture.

So no, it's not all in the genes, but what isn't in the genes isn't in the family environment either. It can't be explained in terms of the overall personalities or the child-rearing practices of parents.

People know there is a difference between what you do and what you accept. There is a difference between me knowing that people swear, me hearing people swear and me swearing, and everyone accepting that this is something you can do as much as you like.

Of course the theory of evolution would be vacuous if it offered a glib explanation for every inexplicable act.

Space and force pervade language. Many cognitive scientists (including me) have concluded from their research on language that a handful of concepts about places, paths, motions, agency, and causation underlie the literal or figurative meanings of tens of thousands of words and constructions, not only in English but in every other language that has been studied.