Personality and socialization aren't the same thing.

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

We really are creatures of a violent world, biologically speaking - watching violence and learning about it is one of our cognitive drives.

Semantics is about the relation of words to thoughts, but it also about the relation of words to other human concerns. Semantics is about the relation of words to reality - the way that speakers commit themselves to a shared understanding of the truth, and the way their thoughts are anchored to things and situations in the world.

Some people believe that the nuclear bomb should be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, since it scared the major powers away from war by equating it with doomsday.

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.

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