The problem with the emotions is not that they are untamed forces or vestiges of our animal past; it is that they were designed to propagate copies of the genes that built them rather than to promote happiness, wisdom, or moral values.


How the Mind Works (ed. 2009)

Steven Pinker Quotes

The problem with the emotions is not that they are untamed forces or vestiges of our animal past; it is that they were designed to propagate copies...

The problem with the emotions is not that they are untamed forces or vestiges of our animal past; it is that they were designed to propagate copies...

The problem with the emotions is not that they are untamed forces or vestiges of our animal past; it is that they were designed to propagate copies...

The problem with the emotions is not that they are untamed forces or vestiges of our animal past; it is that they were designed to propagate copies...