Cult recruiting methods based on dosing victims with the brain chemicals released during capture bonding would make cults even more of a problem than they are now.

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I suspect that a substantial fraction of human problems in the world today, not just...

$I suspect that a substantial fraction of human problems in the world today, not just...$

Humans have evolved to be exquisitely sensitive to changes in status.

Humans have evolved to be exquisitely sensitive to changes in status.

Most of the suicide hijackers came from Saudi Arabia, a place not lacking in wealth....

Most of the suicide hijackers came from Saudi Arabia, a place not lacking in wealth....

The information that is passed from person to person and from generation to generation is...

The information that is passed from person to person and from generation to generation is...

People under the influence of cults is similar to that we observe in addicts. Typical...

People under the influence of cults is similar to that we observe in addicts. Typical...

As for leadership, I am the kind who leads reluctantly and more by example than...

As for leadership, I am the kind who leads reluctantly and more by example than...

Primates will continue to play social games without the least insight into what is killing...

Primates will continue to play social games without the least insight into what is killing...

People repeat behaviour that leads to flooding their brains with pleasurable chemicals. The short-term reward...

People repeat behaviour that leads to flooding their brains with pleasurable chemicals. The short-term reward...

Lie detection is like language; there is a learning window. Telling whoppers to small children...

Lie detection is like language; there is a learning window. Telling whoppers to small children...

High status males had multiple wives or additional mating opportunities in the ancestral environment.

High status males had multiple wives or additional mating opportunities in the ancestral environment.

If anyone wonders why the airlines are not doing well it is because flying has...

If anyone wonders why the airlines are not doing well it is because flying has...

Could people be trained to be less gullible? Or are you as stuck with gullibility...

Could people be trained to be less gullible? Or are you as stuck with gullibility...

Evolution acts slowly. Our psychological characteristics today are those that promoted reproductive success in the...

Evolution acts slowly. Our psychological characteristics today are those that promoted reproductive success in the...

Some people recovering from drugs or alcohol stay with the programs indefinitely, making the recovery...

Some people recovering from drugs or alcohol stay with the programs indefinitely, making the recovery...

Genetic studies in Iceland have found that many of the women who were the founding...

Genetic studies in Iceland have found that many of the women who were the founding...

Successful cult memes induce intense social interaction behaviour between cult members. This trips the attention...

Successful cult memes induce intense social interaction behaviour between cult members. This trips the attention...

The rare person is still interested in new advances when they are adults. There is...

The rare person is still interested in new advances when they are adults. There is...

Cults, or related social movements such as the Taliban in Afghanistan, result in massive military...

Cults, or related social movements such as the Taliban in Afghanistan, result in massive military...

Children do not have to learn that streets are dangerous places by potentially fatal trial...

Children do not have to learn that streets are dangerous places by potentially fatal trial...

The drug or cult has major if not exclusive sources of brain rewards.

The drug or cult has major if not exclusive sources of brain rewards.