“The urge to take revenge or punish cheaters is not a disease or toxin or sign that something has gone wrong. From the point of view of evolution, it’s not a problem but a solution.”
-- Michael McCullough, professor of psychology at the University of Miami and author of the book “Beyond Revenge: The Evolution of the Forgiveness Instinct,” defending The Macho Response - and dissing NewAge ways of thinking (using it's own language) in the New York Times.
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