▲ 183 ▼ What is the scariest/creepiest theory you know about? (lemmy.world) submitted 2 years ago by Disgrace6412@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world 169 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] SendMePhotos@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) Yes sometimes I feel like I can rely on my quiet brain for logical reasoning permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] cynar@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) I can't. 99% of my mind is emotional or monkey logic. Getting it to accept logic is like trying to tame a bunch of cats. It works, so long as you can feed them enough dopamine. Fail, and they'll want to eat your face. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] jkrtn@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 years ago (1 child) I think that's the human condition. Don't studies show that most decisions are made on emotion and rationalized afterwards? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Ragnarok314159@sopuli.xyz 3 points 2 years ago It’s fast vs slow brain (there is a scientific term for it, don’t remember right now). Fast brain is what kept us alive. What’s that? Tiger! What’s that? Bear! Immediate fight/flight/fornicate decision tree. Slow brain helped us build tools and fire. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] cynar@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) I can't. 99% of my mind is emotional or monkey logic. Getting it to accept logic is like trying to tame a bunch of cats. It works, so long as you can feed them enough dopamine. Fail, and they'll want to eat your face. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] jkrtn@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 years ago (1 child) I think that's the human condition. Don't studies show that most decisions are made on emotion and rationalized afterwards? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Ragnarok314159@sopuli.xyz 3 points 2 years ago It’s fast vs slow brain (there is a scientific term for it, don’t remember right now). Fast brain is what kept us alive. What’s that? Tiger! What’s that? Bear! Immediate fight/flight/fornicate decision tree. Slow brain helped us build tools and fire. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] jkrtn@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 years ago (1 child) I think that's the human condition. Don't studies show that most decisions are made on emotion and rationalized afterwards? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Ragnarok314159@sopuli.xyz 3 points 2 years ago It’s fast vs slow brain (there is a scientific term for it, don’t remember right now). Fast brain is what kept us alive. What’s that? Tiger! What’s that? Bear! Immediate fight/flight/fornicate decision tree. Slow brain helped us build tools and fire. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Ragnarok314159@sopuli.xyz 3 points 2 years ago It’s fast vs slow brain (there is a scientific term for it, don’t remember right now). Fast brain is what kept us alive. What’s that? Tiger! What’s that? Bear! Immediate fight/flight/fornicate decision tree. Slow brain helped us build tools and fire. permalink fedilink source parent