Thinking is a physical process, the human brain is not exempt from evolution

Evolution is an indispensable component of any satisfying explanation of our psychology.

Natural selection is not the only process that changes organisms over time. But is the only process that seemingly designs organisms over time.

Photography is a kind of virtual reality, and it helps if you can create the illusion of being in an interesting world.

In societies no less than individuals, acknowledging our limitations may ultimately be more humane than denying them.

No one knows what the nongenetic causes of individuality are. Perhaps people are shaped by modifications of genes that take place after conception, or by haphazard fluctuations in the chemical soup in the womb or the wiring up of the brain or the expression of the genes themselves.

Evolutionarily speaking, there is seldom any mystery in why we seek the goals we seek — why, for example, people would rather make love with an attractive partner than get a slap on the belly with a wet fish.