By exploring the political and moral colorings of discoveries about what makes us tick, we can have a more honest science and a less fearful intellectual milieu.

Solving a problem in a hundred years is, practically speaking, the same as not solving it at all.

I like ice hockey. No one is ever going to ask me to write about that as a metaphor for life.

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

Without goals the very concept of intelligence is meaningless

Why is it surprising that scientists might have long hair and wear cowboy boots? In fields like neuroscience, where the events you are recording are so minute, I suspect scientists cultivate a boring, reliable image. A scientist with a reputation for flamboyance might be suspect.

However much we might deplore the profit motive, or consumerist values, if everyone just wants i-Pods we would probably be better off than if they wanted class revolution.