It begins with skepticism. The history of human folly, and our own sus…

Steven Pinker
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It begins with skepticism. The history of human folly, and our own susceptibility to illusions and fallacies, tell us that men and women are fallible. ✨ Steven Pinker (2011). The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined, p.209, Penguin
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It begins with skepticism. The history of human folly, and our own susceptibility to illusions and fallacies, tell us that men and women are fallible. ✨ Steven Pinker (2011). The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined, p.209, Penguin

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