Basically, my question is: is there not a contradiction between those two beliefs? But the random textbook is written to be adopted, so the author has an incentive to say things that are easy to understand and simple, whether or not true. Does seem potentially shady. But after I read one book in which someone makes an utterly indefensible argument, and know that those who like the conclusion praise him for that book as a great thinker, my incentive to spend more time and effort reading the revised versions is low. Also, YouTube hosts dozens of ape-empathic young-adult-friendly Goodall lectures.
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