Re:Biography of Christopher “moot” Poole: The Hacker Known a...
by mintplant on Saturday February 09, 2019 @03:24AM
(#19121328)
> those who choose to be offended
This is simply not how the brain works. "Taking offense" comes out of a mix of low-level mental responses and emotions, bubbling up into the conscious mind from below, rather than being the outcome of a top-down rational thought process which one could "choose" to switch off.
This is simply not how the brain works. "Taking offense" comes out of a mix of low-level mental responses and emotions, bubbling up into the conscious mind from below, rather than being the outcome of a top-down rational thought process which one could "choose" to switch off.