Category Archives: Brain

The Ideological Brain: The Radical Science of Flexible Thinking

From this 2025 book by smoking hot Cambridge University neuoroscience and politics professor Leor Zmigrod: I believe that we can judge an ideology based on what believing in it does to human bodies and brains; on whether being a passionate … Continue reading

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Sorry, But Your Soul Just Died

From The Guardian, Feb. 21, 2016: Did Tom Wolfe’s bold predictions about human nature come true? Twenty years ago, Tom Wolfe made predictions about how advances in neuroscience would transform our understanding of human behaviour. So, how much did he … Continue reading

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20 Cognitive Biases

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Study: Libs Really Do Suffer From A Case Of “My Feels”

From the Chateau: The stereotype of liberals as emotionally underdeveloped children who feel first and think later now has support from the very entity liberals have raised to divine status: SCIENCE! Liberals and conservatives exhibit different cognitive styles and converging … Continue reading

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