36 Quotes by Keith Henson

Genetic studies in Iceland have found that many of the women who were the founding stock of Iceland came from England and what is now France. Some were probably captured and carried off in Viking raids only 40 generations ago.

The picture that emerges for humans in the previous several million years is that of a social primate living in small bands and villages.

The rewards that compulsive gamblers get are only one step removed from exogenous chemicals, unless you are a big winner.

I much prefer the modern world.

Scn is like HIV. Gets in there and screws up the immune system, perverts the law to its own ends. Forget government taking the lead role in bringing down scn, that task falls to you and me.

Perhaps teachers should be instructed in a program where they lie to their students on a regular basis to sharpen up their skills at detecting lies.

People under the influence of cults is similar to that we observe in addicts. Typical behaviour for both includes draining bank accounts, neglecting children, destroying relations with family and losing interest in anything except the drug or cult.

Trying to control information in the network age is about as successful as pissing into the wind.

Evolution acts slowly. Our psychological characteristics today are those that promoted reproductive success in the ancestral environment.