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The Logic of Rage

Hidden Brain

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Unthinking Rage Can Produce Personal Harms and Social Benefits

Rage can be productive, not because it benefits us or our individual self interest, but because it helps the groups to which we belong. By disabling logic and impairing reason, we can be prompted to do things that we would never do if we were only looking out for ourselves. We have these circuits because we need them. We don't call it snapping when the is good, then we call it heroism or quick thinking....

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