American - Scientist | 1942 -
Anyone who has ever had the feeling of being higher than a kite after giving a public speech is well aware of the effects of attention.
Keith Henson
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Cult recruiting methods based on dosing victims with the brain chemicals released during capture bonding would make cults even more of a problem than they are now.
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People can undergo a sudden change of thinking and loyalties under threat of death or intense social pressure and isolation from friends and family.
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Evolution acts slowly. Our psychological characteristics today are those that promoted reproductive success in the ancestral environment.
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Even small cults are a serious cost on the world economy, to victims, their families, employers, friends, and credit-card companies.
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Most of the suicide hijackers came from Saudi Arabia, a place not lacking in wealth. But due to rapid population growth, the wealth per capita has fallen by about half in a generation.
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Could people be trained to be less gullible? Or are you as stuck with gullibility as you are with skin colour?
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The rare person is still interested in new advances when they are adults. There is possibly a correlation with intelligence. In any case, you have to be fairly bright to keep learning and changing attitudes as you get older.
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As for leadership, I am the kind who leads reluctantly and more by example than anything else. Someone had to be on the incorporation papers as president.
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I can't think of anyone who is up on evolutionary psychology and related areas who is deluded enough to be called a utopian.
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If anyone wonders why the airlines are not doing well it is because flying has been made such an unpleasant and degrading experience.
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Attention is the way social primates measure status. It is highly rewarding because it causes the release of brain chemicals such as dopamine and endorphins.
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