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Episode 13: Terrorism

Hidden Brain

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Are You Immunised to Trade Offs?

Scott atron has conducted psychological experiments with captured islamic state fighters on the battlefield. Atron and his colleagues found that when a fighter's identity fuses with the identity of the group, there is a psychological change that occurs. Once you lock into these values, they're immune to social pressures. They are also oblivious to quantity. It doesn't matter if i kill one, or i attract one, or a thousand or no one, as long as my intention is good and righteous.

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