RE: ***”The West’s problem is that we lie about the nature of man, but act in ac

RE: ***”The West’s problem is that we lie about the nature of man, but act in accordance with our lies. …”***

–“I was just thinking about this as it relates to egalitarianism. We act as if we really think that many different groups of humans function equally; that is, we act as if, on average, individuals from different groups respond to their environments in the same manner, attributing measured differences in outcome to environmental variations. To put it bluntly, we act as if we believe our own bullshit. (I understand that the pretense of equality has value, but we act as if the pretense really describes reality.)”— Ulysses Aaron Cartwright