Quotes by Geoffrey Miller

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“Men write more books. Men give more lectures. Men ask more questions after lectures. Men post more e-mail to Internet discussion groups. To say this is due to patriarchy is to beg the question of t...”
— Geoffrey Miller, The Mating Mind: How Sexual Choice Shaped the Evolution of Human Nature
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“Scientific theories never dictate human values, but they can often cast new light on ethical issues. From a sexual selection viewpoint, moral philosophy and political theory have mostly been attemp...”
— Geoffrey Miller, The Mating Mind: How Sexual Choice Shaped the Evolution of Human Nature
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“Existing political philosophies all developed before evolutionary game theory, so they do not take equilibrium selection into account. Socialism pretends that individuals are not selfish sexual com...”
— Geoffrey Miller, The Mating Mind: How Sexual Choice Shaped the Evolution of Human Nature
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“Imagine a young Isaac Newton time-travelling from 1670s England to teach Harvard undergrads in 2017. After the time-jump, Newton still has an obsessive, paranoid personality, with Aspergers syndrom...”
— Geoffrey Miller
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