The Reflexive Mind: How Evolution Misleads Us in the 21st Century
I have developed a new understanding of myself after months of asking questions about politics, arguments, irrational fear, phobias, anxiety attacks, crowd behavior, identity, brain chemistry, and physiology. What surprised me was not the variety of…
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THE ARCHITECTURE OF PHOBIAS AND LIMBIC-FIRST THINKING
Vestibular Mismatch, Proprioceptive Instability, Amygdala Activation, and the Physiology of Unrealistic Fear Phobias and limbic‑first thinking arise from the same biological sequence. They are not psychological mysteries or personality traits. They are…
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Why People Stop Thinking: A Physiological Explanation for Modern Argument Failure
I have spent years trying to understand why people — including myself — fail to use their heads in arguments. Why do we talk past each other? Why do we ignore evidence? Why do we become so certain we’re right while millions of others are equally certain…
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