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Violence is not just a product of society; This book is for people who wonder where the taboo against human nature came from and who are willing to explore whether the challenges to the taboo are truly dangerous or just unfamiliar. His research on visual cognition and the psychology of language has earned prizes from the national academy of sciences and the the modern denial of human nature <.

Our conceptions of human nature affect every aspect of our lives, from the way we raise our children to the political movements we.

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