Progressive Utopians and 'Global World Order'

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Re: Progressive Utopians and 'Global World Order'

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mvanwink5 wrote:Don't believe your animal studies, I've said it before.
I have a boat load of anecdotes.
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williatw wrote:
Maybe because, as Robert Frank suggested in an underappreciated book some years ago, Passions Within Reason: The Strategic Role Of The Emotions, we don't want to be totally rational about things because, ironically, it's not rational to be too rational.

Imagine that you're thinking of getting married. Would you want a spouse who sticks with you for purely rational reasons, or one who forms an irrational attachment — let's call it "love" — that doesn't depend on rational factors?
Men "love". Women check the wallet.
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