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@mindskills.substack.com

Study shows that people who view Trump favorably are more likely to score higher on measures of malevolent traits and lower on empathy and compassion. www.zmescience.com/science/news... #trump #fightfascism #empathy #resist

11/7/26, 7:42 pm10 reposts26 likes

Alan Gray

@dailysketch.bsky.social

22 July

I wonder if its the old brain, new brain thing. Maga types are perhaps run by their old brain and have not developed their new brain and probably surpress any new brain thoughts they might briefly have.

El Dirko

@mindskills.substack.com

22 July

Allegedly, the amygdalas of conservatives (fear centres of the brain) are larger than those of liberals.

Lifelong Bookaholic

@aleksis4ashdown.bsky.social

3 Aug

What a fascinating study that would constitute. 👍👍👍

Lifelong Bookaholic

@aleksis4ashdown.bsky.social

3 Aug

🟧 Page 17 of the Intro in this George Frankl book speculates: "whether there is a conflict between the relatively recently acquired prefrontal areas of the brain and the ancient structure of the midbrain, representing a kind of biological dysfunction of the species". Me: Might this explain MAGA? 🤔

archive.orgThe Social History of the Unconscious: A Psychoanalysis of Society

Lifelong Bookaholic

@aleksis4ashdown.bsky.social

3 Aug

Ah, yes......the incomparable Casablanca. The La Marseillaise scene definitely takes the cake.