Fallen human-nature follies, and Putin's view of Europe

• From Bob Wallace: Dunning-Kruger effect, or dumb people don't know they're dumb; smart people often know their limits.
• From Roissy:
  • Women aren't attracted to men for being rich. Even though men naturally go for looks and women for status and success; it's about attitude, not money.
  • Feminists loathe male desire.
• From Ex-Army: Liberals think logic is for meanies. Progressives in Austin shocked they have to pay for programs they voted for.
• From the Anti-Gnostic: Some conservative Christians fall for liberal traps. "Why bigger families? What about all the unwanted children of the world. Why not adopt?" Why, indeed? Why raise your own flesh and blood--raise somebody else's flesh and blood! So Orthodox women, continue to take synthetic hormones. Postpone marriage and childbearing for your graduate degree and all-consuming career. Orthodox men, work hard so you can afford to raise the fruit of another man's loins!