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Re:It’s Complicated: Unraveling the mystery of why people ac... by agitator on Monday June 19, 2017 @05:49PM (#14590713)
Well, if you look at the human brain, it's just a larger cortex on top of the primitive brain stem. So I think, simply looking at our brain architecture, we are will always be impacted by the emotional low level impulses that were the main drivers of behaviors of our ancestors.
Re:It’s Complicated: Unraveling the mystery of why people ac... by asdfasdf32r3 on Monday June 19, 2017 @06:42PM (#14590987)
Exactly this, although it's more a useful mental model / philosophy than a concrete nullifiable bit of science IMO.

In the meditation style I prefer, it's useful to think of the subconscious/primitive brain as an elephant that is somewhat under control of the driver (the modern brain).

Re:It’s Complicated: Unraveling the mystery of why people ac... by JackFr on Monday June 19, 2017 @06:01PM (#14590786)
That's just what your brain wants you to think.