“Stupidity is an unfortunate but necessary by product of cognitive evolution.” - Xenocrates Every once in a while, we hear about someone doing something so profoundly dumb, that it makes us wonder what compelled them to do it in the first place....

“While we are young, lust is indistinguishable from love.” - Xenocrates A girlfriend of mine once said that young people love with their eyes and old people with their hearts. However, what she doesn’t realise is that she has just highlighted the...

“When people go in search of the truth, they tend to find whatever it is they’re looking for, whether it is the truth or not.” - Xenocrates Remember when Pluto was a planet? Now it isn’t. Remember when removing tonsils cured tonsillitis? Now we know...

“As every woman fetches a price, it should come as no surprise that men treat them like assets to be counted and valued.” - Xenocrates Do men ALWAYS buy sex? This is certainly worth contemplation. In 2006, I had a most enlightening conversation with...

“People seem to instinctively value group membership more than group purpose.” - Xenocrates This is a trailer for a documentary called “I’m biracial… not black, damnit!“. It chronicles an ongoing and topical issue among Americans. Is a person who is...