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#520166 added July 9, 2007 at 6:06pm
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Life's mysteries explained!
Well, some of them, anyway.

Maybe.

Ten Politically Incorrect Truths About Human Nature

http://www.psychologytoday.com/articles/pto-20070622-000002.xml

Human behavior is a product both of our innate human nature and of our individual experience and environment. In this article, however, we emphasize biological influences on human behavior


While I have issues with some of the basic assumptions of this article - specifically, I have a hard time accepting that reproductive urges are the sole, or even a majority shareholder, driving force of human destiny - it does provide food for thought.

I completely don't "get" #6 though - it seems to be saying on the one hand that possession of desirable reproductive traits lead to a greater chance of producing daughters; while on the other hand, saying that more powerful people have more sons than daughters. Do not grok.

#9, I'm in total agreement with in principle if not in detail.

As for #10, I have entirely too many female readers to weigh in with one opinion or another *Bigsmile*

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