The predator-prey dynamic provided the intense selective pressure for the evolution of neural networks that were optimized for effective escape and predatory behaviors, as well as for the mechanisms of synaptic plasticity that underlie learning and memory.
We are the only animals that kill members of our own species to defend ideas, because we fear the loss of the security that our constructs of reality provide. https://t.co/yAOG8wDOwq
A theory of the origin of evil in human behavior is offered, in which the overvaluation by humans of the hypothetical constructs that we generate to explain the unknown provides a powerful impetus for genocide and global war. https://t.co/yAOG8wDOwq
... as well as in contemporary humans. https://t.co/yAOG8wDOwq