Why do they fall for advertising's flimsy and dishonest claims?
Why do they fall for ambitious and manipulative politicians?
Why do they fall for wars and send their children off to die in them?
Why do they fall for the ridiculous and prejudiced claims of religion?
I think it has something to do with the fact that humans are little better than glorified chimps, responding to the chest-beating of an aggressive male.
Evolution may produce a better model someday, but for now it truly remains the human comedy, what Mark Twain called ‘the damned human race.’
