The thing you fail to grasp is that people are not basically good. We are basically selfish. We … - Christopher Nolan

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Kinsey was trying to study sex scientifically, get rid of the overlay of culture and religion.

Christopher Nolan

The thing you fail to grasp is that people are not basically good. We are basically selfish. We shove and clamour and cry for adoration, and beat down everyone else to get it. Life is a competition of prattling peacocks enraptured in inane mating rituals. But for all our effacing and self-importance, we are all slaves to what we fear most. You have so very much to learn. Here. Let me teach you.

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