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Human females, of course, don’t advertise their ovulation. One theory about this “cryptic ovulation” sees it as an adaptation designed to expand the period during which they can extract resources. Men may lavish gifts on them well before or past ovulation and receive sex in return, blissfully oblivious to the fruitlessness of their conquest.
The Moral Animal
Robert Wright
In this book I argue that all progress, both theoretical and practical, has resulted from a single human activity: the quest for what I call good explanations. Though this quest is uniquely human, its effectiveness is also a fundamental fact about reality at the most impersonal, cosmic level – namely that it conforms to universal laws of nature that are indeed good explanations.
The Beginning of Infinity
David Deutsch
The greatest killer of happiness is comparison. If you must compare, compare yourself to you yesterday.
Excellent Advice for Living
Kevin Kelly
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