"We find that early parliamentary regimes – the institutional precursors to modern democracies – fought in significantly more wars than did absolutist monarchies, both against one another and overall. We argue that early parliamentary regimes had a relatively large capacity to make war, but, unlike modern democracies, not enough institutional constraints to reduce its frequency."
"People tend to view adversaries with dissimilar opinions as irrational, biased, and negatively motivated. However, when adversaries show honest attempts to compromise evaluations should become more positive. Unfortunately, the evidence presented here does not support this idea."
"My rifle was held high and, running full bore, I drove its bayonet into their chest ... This is not an unusual sight for a Call of Duty game. ... But right there, in my first demo of the upcoming Call of Duty: World War II, I noticed a big difference. I’d just killed a woman. A black woman. A black woman in a German uniform." Black Nazi female soldiers wasn't quite what I was expecting the "social justice" movement to result in.
"to point out some attractive and promising approaches do not work invites a lot of criticism. ... I think a quote from Richard Feynman is particularly appropriate: 'We are trying to prove ourselves wrong as quickly as possible, because only in that way can we find progress.""
