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Re:Serotonin selectively influences moral judgment and behavior by sneak on Monday January 10, 2022 @02:56AM (#29871770)
> Most people would be instinctively repelled and outraged if they saw an adult torturing a child

This, regardless of how you feel about the subject matter, is a factually false statement. That's not how instincts work, or what they are. Additionally, even without that error, the statement holds false.

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Re:Serotonin selectively influences moral judgment and behavior by skissane on Monday January 10, 2022 @07:02PM (#29885022)
> This, regardless of how you feel about the subject matter, is a factually false statement. That's not how instincts work, or what they are.

How do they work? What are they then?

> Additionally, even without that error, the statement holds false.

How? Why?

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