http://blog.vertebratesilence.com Your standard mixture of news links, half-baked thoughts, and typos Fri, 26 Feb 2010 14:58:52 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://blog.vertebratesilence.com/2006/01/25/human-the-rational-animal/ http://blog.vertebratesilence.com/2006/01/25/human-the-rational-animal/#comments Wed, 25 Jan 2006 10:39:51 +0000 vili http://blog.vertebratesilence.com/2006/01/25/human-the-rational-animal/ Once again we have been shown to be irrational in the way we behave. I especially enjoyed the bit where the researcher explains that in political decision-making “[n]one of the circuits involved in conscious reasoning were particularly engaged. … Essentially, it appears as if partisans twirl the cognitive kaleidoscope until they get the conclusions they want, and then they get massively reinforced for it, with the elimination of negative emotional states and activation of positive ones.” And I’m sure this doesn’t just apply to politics or religion.

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