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Robert Kurzban

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in Poughkeepsie, New York, The United States

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Psychology, Science, Nonfiction

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Robert Kurzban is an evolutionary psychologist and the author of All the Feels: The Evolved Function of Every Human Emotion and Sensation, which explains what all 74 human feelings are for. He was a professor of psychology at the University of Pennsylvania for over a decade, and wrote Why Everyone (Else) Is a Hypocrite and The Hidden Agenda of the Political Mind, both from Princeton University Press. He writes The Living Fossils, on what evolutionary thinking can tell us about suffering and well-being. Now (mostly) retired, he is the junior partner in his sister's new paint-your-own pottery studio in Philadelphia, The Pottery Spottery. ...more

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	Why Everyone (Else) Is a Hypocrite: Evolution and the Modular Mind 3.95 avg rating — 876 ratings — published 2010 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Psychology of Superheroes: An Unauthorized Exploration by Robin S. Rosenberg (Editor), Jennifer Canzoneri (Editor), Bryan J. Dik (Contributor) 3.70 avg rating — 397 ratings — published 2008 — 19 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Hidden Agenda of the Political Mind: How Self-Interest Shapes Our Opinions and Why We Won't Admit It by Jason Weeden, Robert Kurzban (Goodreads Author) 3.81 avg rating — 89 ratings — published 2014 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	All the Feels: The Evolved Function of Every Human Emotion and Sensation 4.88 avg rating — 16 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Evolutionary Psychology did not like it 1.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Why Everyone(else)is a Hypocrite 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Alas Poor Evolutionary Psychology: Unfairly Accused, Unjustly Condemned.: An article from: Skeptic 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Why Everyone (Else) Is a Hypocrite: Evolution and the Modular Mind [Hardcover] by Robert Kurzban (Goodreads Author), Unknown Author 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Modernleşmenin İflası: Kışla Sosyalizminin Çöküşünden Dünya Ekonomisinin Krizine 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“This might be one reason that politicians appear to be such hypocrites. My guess is that—and maybe I'm just naïve—politicians, despite appearances, aren't actually all that much more hypocritical than the rest of us. It's just that the rest of us skate by without anyone noticing.”
― Robert Kurzban, Why Everyone (Else) Is a Hypocrite: Evolution and the Modular Mind

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“The notion that we systematically adopt false beliefs to “protect the self” is illogical when you consider that whatever the mind is designed to do, it must be to get things done, not to make us happy.”
― Robert Kurzban, Why Everyone (Else) Is a Hypocrite: Evolution and the Modular Mind

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“If you don't stop looking for a mate until you're certain that you've found the absolute perfect match for you, then the most likely outcome is that you never stop searching. Sad.”
― Robert Kurzban, Why Everyone (Else) Is a Hypocrite: Evolution and the Modular Mind

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