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I would argue that nothing gives life more purpose than the realization that every moment of consciousness is a precious and fragile gift.

I would argue that nothing gives life more purpose than the realization that every moment of consciousness is a precious and fragile gift.

Steven Pinker
Giving, Purpose, Realization

What is true for the emotions may also be true for the intellect. Some of our perplexities may come from a mismatch between the purposes for which our cognitive faculties evolved and the purposes to which we put them today.

Steven Pinker
Purpose, May, Today
Steven Pinker (2003). “The Blank Slate: The Modern Denial of Human Nature”, p.295, Penguin

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