“Anybody who has ever owned a dog who barked when strangers came near its owner's property has experienced the essential continuity between animal territoriality and human property. Our domesticated cousins of the wolf know, instinctively, that property is no mere social convention or game, but a critically important evolved mechanism for the avoidance of violence. (This makes them smarter than a good many human political theorists.)” HumansPoliticalAnimalDogEssentialsPropertyStrangerOwnersGood ManSmarterCousinContinuityTheorists Author:Eric S. Raymond
“As long as you have markets, you'll have excesses. People went crazy with tulip bulbs. They went crazy with the South Sea Bubble, they went crazy internet stocks, they went crazy with the uranium stocks back when I was first getting started. I mean, you know, you're not going to change the human animal. And the human animal really doesn't get a lot smarter.” PeopleKnowsFirstsHumansMeanLongAnimalSeaCrazyInternetSouthExcessBubblesSmarterBack WhenBulbsHuman AnimalUraniumGetting Started Author:Howard Warren Buffett
“People are only animals, but special animals. Every animal has fought and killed to survive, even before the dinosaurs. We're the only ones that do it for fun. That's why I don't know about Darwinism. Supposedly evolution and natural selection are all about survival, but we haven't gotten smarter over the years, only more dangerous.” PeopleKnowsYearsFunNaturalAnimalSpecialDangerousHavensEvolutionSurvivalSmarterSelectionDinosaursNatural SelectionDarwinism Author:Kurt Vonnegut
“I look to nature because I think the animals are smarter than we are. Animals mate; humans date. There's no dating in the animal kingdom. No dinner, no movie - just a quick sniff, 'Alright, let's go.'” ThinkingHumansLooksHumorFunnyAnimalDatingDinnerKingdomsMatesSmarterAlrightAnimal Kingdom Author:Adam Ferrara