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...we really don't have a clear understanding of what our laughter means or why we find funny things funny. Our brains just figure it out, without burdening us with too many damning details. #RobinHanson

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...we really don't have a clear understanding of what our laughter means or why we find funny things funny. Our brains just figure it out, without burdening us with too many damning details. #RobinHanson — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Nov 1, 2025
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We have been left with only one tool, the legal system, which levies fines and prison sentences but isn't in the business of restoring reputation--and doesn't get involved in most of the errors that cause it to be lost in the first place. #TheSchoolOfLife

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We have been left with only one tool, the legal system, which levies fines and prison sentences but isn't in the business of restoring reputation--and doesn't get involved in most of the errors that cause it to be lost in the first place. #TheSchoolOfLife — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Nov 1, 2025
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...our best research says that schools are structured in ways that actively interfere with the learning process, such as early wake-up times and frequent testing. #RobinHanson

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...our best research says that schools are structured in ways that actively interfere with the learning process, such as early wake-up times and frequent testing. #RobinHanson — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Oct 31, 2025
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[Patriarchal ideology involves] women's internalization of the relevant social norms, narratives about women's distinctive proclivities and preferences, and valorizing depictions of the relevant forms of care work as personally rewarding, socially necessary... #KateManne

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[Patriarchal ideology involves] women's internalization of the relevant social norms, narratives about women's distinctive proclivities and preferences, and valorizing depictions of the relevant forms of care work as personally rewarding, socially necessary... #KateManne — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Oct 31, 2025
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Without sex, we would be dangerously invulnerable. We might believe we were not ridiculous. We wouldn't know rejection and humiliation so intimately. #AlaindeBotton

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Without sex, we would be dangerously invulnerable. We might believe we were not ridiculous. We wouldn't know rejection and humiliation so intimately. #AlaindeBotton — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Oct 31, 2025
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People today spend a great deal of money on holidays abroad because they are true believers in the myths of romantic consumerism. Romanticism tells us that in order to make the most of our human potential we must have as many different experiences as we can. #YuvalNoahHarari

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People today spend a great deal of money on holidays abroad because they are true believers in the myths of romantic consumerism. Romanticism tells us that in order to make the most of our human potential we must have as many different experiences as we can. #YuvalNoahHarari — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Oct 31, 2025
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Tetlock found two very different kinds of careful reasoning. Exploratory thought is an evenhanded consideration of alternative points of view. Confirmatory thought is a one-sided attempt to rationalize a particular point of view. #JonathanHaidt

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Tetlock found two very different kinds of careful reasoning. Exploratory thought is an evenhanded consideration of alternative points of view. Confirmatory thought is a one-sided attempt to rationalize a particular point of view. #JonathanHaidt — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Oct 31, 2025
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