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That's your highly prejudicial opinion. Fundamental assumptions, forcing patterns and a narrow mental focus have helped us get this far. These are features, not bugs. You need to make some sort of case, based on hard evidence, that there is some advantage to changing the functions of the dominant species of the planet, specifically regarding the methods it has used to become such. And you need to demonstrate why individuals should suffer the attempts of busybodies to rewire their brain, to their own personal advantage. My prejudices and hostile responses might make me less pleasant to deal with, but you have to prove the advantage to ME in changing that scenario.
That's your highly prejudicial opinion. Fundamental assumptions, forcing patterns and a narrow mental focus have helped us get this far. These are features, not bugs. You need to make some sort of case, based on hard evidence, that there is some advantage to changing the functions of the dominant species of the planet, specifically regarding the methods it has used to become such. And you need to demonstrate why individuals should suffer the attempts of busybodies to rewire their brain, to their own personal advantage. My prejudices and hostile responses might make me less pleasant to deal with, but you have to prove the advantage to ME in changing that scenario.
All this stuff looks like is excuses to keep a rather silly branch of pseudo-science in government grants. Neuroscience should stick to solving actual problems, not aesthetic ones. Psychology should sit quietly until someone asks its opinion.
...that our neural systems and brains are well adapted to current human life? Seriously?
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The Backfire Effect
- 09/02/2018 12:49:25 AM
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Note this is also called Conceptual Conservatism or Belief perseverance and all human beings do it *NM*
- 09/02/2018 12:50:40 AM
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That was just about as pointlessly condescending as I've come to expect from these posts
- 09/02/2018 01:22:50 AM
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What if I tell you that I disbelieve things written on the internet unless presented with supporting
- 09/02/2018 03:05:24 PM
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You are just trying to get me to buy a subscription to the NYT 
- 09/02/2018 07:34:03 PM
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Re: You are just trying to get me to buy a subscription to the NYT
- 10/02/2018 02:59:46 AM
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meh
- 09/02/2018 05:03:06 PM
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Well I also beat that horse to death in my answer to Greg 
- 09/02/2018 07:41:56 PM
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Re: Well I also beat that horse to death in my answer to Greg
- 10/02/2018 03:08:26 AM
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- 10/02/2018 03:08:26 AM
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Wait, did you just argue...
- 10/02/2018 03:28:51 AM
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It did seem like a lot of words to say people look for facts to support their world view
- 09/02/2018 09:42:05 PM
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Re: The Backfire Effect- does this result from eating legumes? Or crucirferous vegetables? *NM*
- 12/02/2018 05:40:50 AM
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Alfalfa males do not eat kale for eating kale makes you a kale male, which is just a fancy word
- 12/02/2018 12:15:48 PM
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Had some black beans with lunch yesterday and broccoli with dinner
- 12/02/2018 06:20:59 PM
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