The information that is passed from person to person and from generation to generation is the primary factor that gives humans a competitive advantage over other animals.

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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...

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...

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.

Action leads to Attention. that in the short-term releases Rewarding brain chemicals and in the...

Action leads to Attention. that in the short-term releases Rewarding brain chemicals and in the...

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...

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...

I much prefer the modern world.

I much prefer the modern world.

Cult recruiting methods based on dosing victims with the brain chemicals released during capture bonding...

Cult recruiting methods based on dosing victims with the brain chemicals released during capture bonding...

Brigham Young had 47 children, and over 50 women as wives.

Brigham Young had 47 children, and over 50 women as wives.

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...

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...

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 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.

Fighting hard to protect yourself and your relatives is good for your genes, but when...

Fighting hard to protect yourself and your relatives is good for your genes, but when...

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...

Attention is the way social primates measure status. It is highly rewarding because it causes...

Attention is the way social primates measure status. It is highly rewarding because it causes...

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

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

People can undergo a sudden change of thinking and loyalties under threat of death or...

People can undergo a sudden change of thinking and loyalties under threat of death or...

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...