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Neurotransmitters are psychological snake oil. A confidence game pop-psychologists play with their audience. There is frankly no convincing story of human behaviour made more comprehensible by talking about dopamine.

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The 'naming' problem, where by naming something we feel we have explained it, the 'language' problem, where the words we use stop others from understanding, and the 'question' problem, where we fail to find the right questions, are common and funny.

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This book is basically, “men are terribly emotionally fragile, and they can make small steps to be better, but women need to just <em>stop bothering them with all their pedantry</em> and just let them be who they are.”

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I guarantee, no matter how sexy traditional gender roles are to you, that you do _not_ want to be like Gray's 'men'.

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Not only is there is absolutely no difference between men and women in how they complain or offer criticism, but the 'men' Gray describe could be used as textbook example of people with social anxiety.

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