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Steve Hsu - The Future of Human Evolution

From the New World

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The Emotional Reaction

People who have strong political commitments or ideological commitments can't accept that they are wrong, says Ray. Emotional reaction is not like rationalizing it o to such a degree before you make that kind of emotional reaction. It's the same way people jump back when they see an arachniphobiai - i just find it very difficult to believe. And probably it's actually more a manifestation of their, their inherited personality, you know, traits. But nevertheless, people do arrive at very strong political commitments and ideological commitments. They literally don't like it. Even though i'm trained as a scientist, i can't take it. I'm lieving.

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