I've posted this one over 2 years ago! Â Never would have guessed I've been posting on G+ for that long.
Anyway, I like it so much, I'm posting it again.
The proposition here is that the human brain is, in large part, a machine for winning arguments, a machine for convincing others that its owner is in the right – and thus a machine for convincing its owner of the same thing. The brain is like a good lawyer: given any set of interests to defend, it sets about convincing the world of their moral and logical worth, regardless of whether they in fact have any of either. Like a lawyer, the human brain wants victory, not truth; and, like a lawyer, it is sometimes more admirable for skill than for virtue.
–Robert Wright, The Moral Animal
#quote  #rationality  
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Amaze me:)