# Intelligence and Reality Denial Made a Dangerous World by Ajit Varki and Danny Brower > “The potent combination of our powerful intelligence with our massive reality denial has led to a dangerous world.” > **— Ajit Varki and Danny Brower**, *Denial: Self-Deception, False Beliefs, and the Origins of the Human Mind*, excerpt in Salon, 2013 ## Sources and Context - **Book excerpt:** [Ajit Varki and Danny Brower, “From global warming to fluoride: Why do people deny science?”, *Salon* (2013)](https://www.salon.com/2013/05/25/from_global_warming_to_fluoride_why_do_people_deny_science/), excerpted from their coauthored *Denial*. The passage concerns cognitive denial and its interaction with technological capacity and ecological pressures. It is the authors' interpretive thesis, not a measured universal trait or an endorsement of a particular enhancement program. ## Related Articles and Collections - **Collection:** [[collections/Consciousness Continuity|Consciousness Continuity]] - **Collection:** [[collections/Simple Reminders|Simple Reminders]] - **Article:** [[articles/Humans and AIs as Entangled Learning Systems|Humans and AIs as Entangled Learning Systems]] - **Article:** [[articles/Walking the Beautiful Path Through the Greatest Transformation in Human History|Walking the Beautiful Path Through the Greatest Transformation in Human History]] - **Wiki map:** [[wiki/Self-Deception|Self-Deception]] ## Related Topics - [[wiki/Ajit Varki|Ajit Varki]] - [[wiki/Danny Brower|Danny Brower]] ## Share on Social Media ``` “The potent combination of our powerful intelligence with our massive reality denial has led to a dangerous world.” — Ajit Varki and Danny Brower, Denial, excerpt in Salon, 2013 https://bryantmcgill.com/simple-reminders-varki-brower-intelligence-reality-denial ```