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Ep20 "Why does your brain care more about some people than others?"

Inner Cosmos with David Eagleman

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The Art and Science of Propaganda

The art and science of propaganda is to make your enemy less than human. In World War One, the Germans are portrayed as a Bellicose ape coming onto American shores. The idea is you want to shut off the networks that are involved in humanization. Braevik worked to diminish the response of his medial prefrontal cortex by turning it off for him.

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