Thursday, 29 August 2019

Supernormal Stimuli: This Is Your Brain on Porn, Junk Food, and the Internet

quote [ Were our brains built for supernormal stimulation? ]

I find Supernormals to be a fun concept because of how much modern society seems to be focused around exploiting them. #NowWithFlavorCrystals

Research finds heavy Facebook users make impaired decisions like drug addicts
[SFW] [health] [+3 Underrated]
[by steele@8:05pmGMT]

Comments

rylex said @ 12:59am GMT on 30th Aug
im pretty sure further study will reveal most heavy facebook users are in fact, simply drug addicts using the service
crwk8 said @ 9:11pm GMT on 31st Aug
To be honest this feels like low key alt-right propaganda
steele said @ 6:13pm GMT on 1st Sep
I'm not happy about where it starts talking about "choice" but other than that it's pretty on point. What part bothers you?
crwk8 said @ 6:48pm GMT on 1st Sep
Exactly that bit, about how special you are because that choice requires a large dose of will power. Is the kind of rhetoric that might lead someone to feel entitled
steele said @ 7:20pm GMT on 1st Sep [Score:1 Good]
Yeah, totally agree. It's some bullshit. That's similar to the "meritocratic" sort of mindset that permeates the professional managerial class. It has potential for maybe being the stimulus for encouraging people to be more mindful of the type of behavior that might lead one to watch out for supernormals... but I feel like it's more indicative of an elitist hubris, ignorance of survivorship bias.

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