Comments on: Demonization becomes a winning Darwinian strategy

By: Sam J.

Sam J. — Wed, 05 Aug 2020 23:15:07 +0000

“…When I am in a classroom, others are paying attention to the speaker. This makes my attention to the speaker instinctive. …”

Interesting story I read. I think it was in the book “Influence” but I could be wrong. A bunch of university students decided to try an experiment on their professor. When lecturing if he moved to the right of the class everyone would look down, read papers, not pay attention but if he went to the left of the classroom everyone would pay rapt attention and watch everything he did. By the end of the lecture the professor was wedged up against the left side of the classroom.

By: Dave

Dave — Wed, 05 Aug 2020 15:13:54 +0000

Demonization has always been a winning Darwinian strategy. Tribes have been killing off other tribes and taking their women and hunting grounds since forever. Much easier to do that when your language depicts people of other tribes as animals, vermin, demons, etc.

By: Harry Jones

Harry Jones — Wed, 05 Aug 2020 13:51:31 +0000

People demonize for a reason. Who woulda thunk it?

Love leads to fear, and fear leads to hate. This is the oxytocin path. This is what drives all tribal politics.

(War is lovehate by other means.)