“If you accept learning as a dominant determination of your behavior, then all of a sudden you're open to the idea that, for instance, there are other people who are more educated than you about the environment, who you will learn from. It's kind of like you don't even have to believe that you know anything about the environment, but you do have to understand that your behavior has been determined by learning in the past.” PeopleIfsKnowsBelieveKindHas BeensIdeasPastAcceptingEnvironmentLike YouBehaviorDeterminationDeterminedEducatedInstanceDominant Author:Greg Graffin
“Society has to be structured such that there are checks and balances, so that it can't be manipulated, for instance, for the profit of just some multinational company who's going to get rich on trying to legislate the environment.” TryingCompanyRichEnvironmentBalanceProfitChecksInstanceGet RichMultinationals Author:Greg Graffin
“There are certain ways you have to delude yourself. Self-delusion is important, for instance in family life. You know what I mean? If you're in love with your wife you have to go in there with blind faith. You have to support everything. And with your kids, you have to believe that you're doing something that has higher purpose; even though you don't have any evidence that that's the way it's going to turn out.” IfsKnowsWayBelieveMeanImportantSelfKidsPurposeCertainTurnsSupportWifeLove YouHigherEvidenceBlindInstanceDelusionFamily LifeBlind FaithSelf DelusionHigher Purpose Author:Greg Graffin
“I don't believe, for instance, that evolutionary biology or any scientific endeavor has much to say about love. I'm sure a lot can be learned about the importance of hormones and their effects on our feelings. But do the bleak implications of evolution have any impact on the love I feel for my family? Do they make me more likely to break the law of flaunt society's expectations of me? No. I simply does not follow that human relationships are meaningless just because we live in a godless universe subject to the natural laws of biology.” FeelsBelieveHumansDoeFeelingsLawUniverseNaturalBreakSubjectsEffectsEvolutionExpectationsMy FamilyImportanceImpactDon't BelieveInstanceBiologyEndeavorMeaninglessImplicationsHuman RelationsHuman RelationshipsHormonesNatural LawBleakEvolutionary Biology Author:Greg Graffin
