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“Much of what is today called "social criticism" consists of members of the upper classes denouncing the tastes of the lower classes (bawdy entertainment, fast food, plentiful consumer goods) while considering themselves egalitarians.”
― Steven Pinker, The Blank Slate: The Modern Denial of Human Nature

tags: bourgeois, classism, social-criticism

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“Generally I try to avoid discussing consciousness, since it's, like, hard.”
― Robert Kurzban

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“How is this symphony of modules coordinated? The short answer is that I don't know, and I don't think that anyone really knows, and that the answer is that there's no one answer, but that, yes, it's all very interesting.”
― Robert Kurzban, Why Everyone (Else) Is a Hypocrite: Evolution and the Modular Mind

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“Representational formats are important and interesting, and I'm going to ignore them for the most part.”
― Robert Kurzban, Why Everyone (Else) Is a Hypocrite: Evolution and the Modular Mind

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“So Yoda sounds like our best bet as an energy source. But with world electricity consumption pushing 2 terawatts, it would take a hundred million Yodas to meet our demands. All things considered, switching to Yoda power probably isn't worth the trouble — though it would definitely be green.”
― Randall Munroe, What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions

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