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...four centuries is the great accomplishment of human history, a "success story of unparalleled proportions" (p. 96) that gave modern humans previously unimaginable technology and mastery over the natural and physical universe. In our understanding of human behavior, however, we remain mired in a social-scientific Dark Age. While an increasing number of contemporary problems are of social origin, our understanding of and ability to ameliorate war, poverty, racism, genocide, intolerance, and crime have remained stagnant. What we need is a "social science" revolution comparable to the earlier one in natural science, which would equally dramatically expand the miracle of science for the...

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