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Our inability to recall how we really felt is why our wealth of experiences turns out to be poverty of riches.

Our brain accepts what the eyes see and our eye looks for whatever our brain wants.

Most of us appear to believe that we are more athletic, intelligent, organized, ethical, logical, interesting, open-minded, and healthy-not to mention more attractive-than the average person.

Arthritic toothless people who love orgasms are more likely to reproduce than are limber, toothy people who do not.

Research suggests that people are typically unaware of the reasons why they are doing what they are doing, but when asked for a reason, they readily supply one.

Psychologists call this habituation, economists call it declining marginal utility, and the rest of us call it marriage.

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