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Jonathan Corbet
corbet
I've been slowly working my way through _Behave_ by Robert M. Sapolsky, a fascinating book on how our brains work. Just hit this quote:
"This recalls a remarkable finding — stick subjects in a room with a smelly garbage can, and they become more socially conservative. If your insula is gagging from the smell of dead fish, you're more likely to decide that a social practice of an Other that is merely different is, instead, just plain wrong."
Life in this part of the world in the last decade has been like having several reeking dumpsters in the room. Perhaps this is not accidental.
"This recalls a remarkable finding — stick subjects in a room with a smelly garbage can, and they become more socially conservative. If your insula is gagging from the smell of dead fish, you're more likely to decide that a social practice of an Other that is merely different is, instead, just plain wrong."
Life in this part of the world in the last decade has been like having several reeking dumpsters in the room. Perhaps this is not accidental.
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🇨🇦 Dianne S
dfs_comedy@mastodon.social@corbet Sapolsky has a wonderful YouTube channel with "Father-Offspring Interviews". Really fascinating stuff.
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Wandering Hermit
wanderinghermit@mindly.socialI loved this book, just recommended it to my book club.
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sneedy maccreedy
crumbleneedy@aus.social@corbet @pelicangut sapolsky doesn't believe there's such a thing as free will. can't say i agree with him.
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2398369-why-free-will-doesnt-exist-according-to-robert-sapolsky/
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Gary Houston
ghouston@mamot.fr@crumbleneedy @corbet @pelicangut my brain is a collection of neurons which makes decisions and this is my free will.
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