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<blockquote data-quote="Umbran" data-source="post: 6646754" data-attributes="member: 177"><p>Except, of course, you do have control, as they mention in the article you linked to....</p><p></p><p><em>People are unique among animals in their degree of cognitive control. Montague calls it a behavioral superpower.</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>“People can deny their biological instincts for an idea — think of hunger strikes for political reasons,” Montague said. “That requires a high degree of cognitive control, and that’s the point.”</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>The takeaway message for Election Day?</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>“Think, don’t just react,” Montague said. “But no one needs neuroscience to know that’s a good idea.”</em></p><p></p><p>People running on autopilot, who are not *thinking* will, of course, lack control, by definition. People's initial reactions may be predictable, what they will do when their brain is in gear is another matter.</p><p></p><p>Anyone seen the new Pixar film, <em>Inside Out</em>? In it, they use a cognitive model of you having several different emotions that guide your basic behavior. One of them is Disgust. They state that Disgust is there to keep you from getting poisoned, either in a physical, *or* in a social sense. It is about raising your social status and keeping you away from icky things. It then isn't so surprising that this emotion correlates to what we think of as modern conservatism.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Umbran, post: 6646754, member: 177"] Except, of course, you do have control, as they mention in the article you linked to.... [i]People are unique among animals in their degree of cognitive control. Montague calls it a behavioral superpower. “People can deny their biological instincts for an idea — think of hunger strikes for political reasons,” Montague said. “That requires a high degree of cognitive control, and that’s the point.” The takeaway message for Election Day? “Think, don’t just react,” Montague said. “But no one needs neuroscience to know that’s a good idea.”[/i] People running on autopilot, who are not *thinking* will, of course, lack control, by definition. People's initial reactions may be predictable, what they will do when their brain is in gear is another matter. Anyone seen the new Pixar film, [I]Inside Out[/I]? In it, they use a cognitive model of you having several different emotions that guide your basic behavior. One of them is Disgust. They state that Disgust is there to keep you from getting poisoned, either in a physical, *or* in a social sense. It is about raising your social status and keeping you away from icky things. It then isn't so surprising that this emotion correlates to what we think of as modern conservatism. [/QUOTE]
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