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And getting genes into the next generation was, for better or worse, the criterion by which the human mind was designed. Mental traits conducive to genetic proliferation are the traits that survived. They are what constitute our minds today; they are us, we are designed to steer genes through a...
This points to the most ironic of evolutionary psychology's implications: many of the impulses created by natural selection's ruthless imperative of genetic self-interest aren't selfish in any straightforward way. Love, pity, generosity, remorse, friendly affection and enduring trust, for example, are part of our genetic heritage...
Watched for more eagerly than the Second Coming, the divorce of Michael Jackson and Lisa Marie Presley was heralded again last week when the Daily Mirror, one of England's highest selling newspapers, announced that Presley, incensed over a jaunt Jackson took to Europe with two young boys, had called...
Miraculously, what could have tipped over into camp or condescension doesn't, thanks to director Mark Lamos and his energetic cast's affection for the piece's sweetly earnest belief in the promise of America. The tone is whimsically wacky: a cat sings coloratura on Rollerblades; a corrugated moon turns...
Like many of the new young pianists, Terrasson has speed to burn, and he can lay down impressive, swirling solos in the rushing, post-bop style in vogue today. He undergirds his right-hand notes with layers of richly configured chords in the complex manner of pianists like Bill Evans...