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

The art of photography is all about directing the attention of the viewer.

Most intellectuals today have a phobia of any explanation of the mind that invokes genetics.

Language pedants hew to an oral tradition of shibboleths that have no basis in logic or style, that have been defied by great writers for centuries, and that have been disavowed by every thoughtful usage manual.

Probably Hobbes got it right when he said that a leviathan, a third party with a monopoly on the use of legitimate use of force in a territory, might be among the biggest violence reduction techniques ever invented.

One of the perks of being a psychologist is access to tools that allow you to carry out the injunction to know thyself.

Effective education may also require co-opting old faculties to deal with new demands. . . Because much of the content of education is not cognitively natural, the process of mastering it may not always be easy and pleasant, notwithstanding the mantra that learning is fun.