“If evolution and the survival of the fittest be true at all, the destruction of prey and of human rivals must have been among the most important. . . . It is just because human bloodthirstiness is such a primitive part of us that it is so hard to eradicate, especially when a fight or a hunt is promised as part of the fun.” IfsHumansHas BeensImportantHardFightingFunEvolutionSurvivalDestructionBeing TruePrimitiveHuntsPreyRivalsSurvival Of The Fittest Book:The Principles of Psychology, Vol. 2 Source: The Principles of Psychology, Vol. 2
“We're hard-wired by 200,000 years of evolution to be sensitive to the idea that someone might be watching us. They might be predators, after all. An uneasy feeling is perfectly natural if you suspect that someone has you in their ocular sights, whether it's a ghost or just some guy at the bus stop.” IfsYearsIdeasHardFeelingsMightGuyNaturalEvolutionSightGhostSensitiveSuspectsBusPredatorUneasyPerfectly NaturalBus StopsUneasy Feelings Author:Seth Shostak