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Sofia Blanco

Sofia Blanco

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From Opinion: Why You Will Marry the Wrong Person by The New York Times

We make mistakes, too, because we are so lonely. No one can be in an optimal frame of mind to choose a partner when remaining single feels unbearable. We have to be wholly at peace with the prospect of many years of solitude in order to be appropriately picky; otherwise, we risk loving no longer being single rather more than we love the partner who spared us that fate.

From Opinion: Why You Will Marry the Wrong Person by The New York Times

…f a parent’s warmth or scared of his anger, of not feeling secure enough to communicate our wishes. How logical, then, that we should as grown-ups find ourselves rejecting certain candidates for marriage not because they are wrong but because they are too right — too balanced, mature, understanding and reliable — given that in our hearts, such rightness feels foreign. We marry the wrong people because we don’t associate being loved with feeling happy.

From David Hume: Why You’re Probably Wrong About Everything You Know by Zat Rana

We have an urge to balance our own self-interest with the interest of the group we identify with. And because we care about our group, we can feel sympathy, and thus act morally.

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David Hume: Why You’re Probably Wrong About Everything You Know

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