The Self Delusion Quotes

“What is surprising, and frightening, is that even membership in secular groups may nourish conformist processes in the brain to the point that they spill into the realm of the sacred, in effect, making people more dogmatic about their values than they might have been on their own.”
― Gregory Berns, The Self Delusion: The New Neuroscience of How We Invent—and Reinvent—Our Identities

“Anthony Fauci made for a perfect villain: he was an erudite government scientist who was named on various patents (unrelated to coronavirus), and he had previously tussled with Judy Mikovits—the hero of the film.”
― Gregory Berns, The Self Delusion: The New Neuroscience of How We Invent—and Reinvent—Our Identities