Category Archives: r-stimuli
The Liberal’s Addled Amygdala As The Source Of Nanny-Statism
Here is a funny one: A Fredericksburg, Virginia woman has gotten a permit to erect a large Black Lives Matter flag on her property, a flag she says is in opposition to a 30-by-30 foot Confederate flag visible from Interstate … Continue reading
Roger Goodell Gets Patriots Fan Fired For Flipping Him Off
Free speech for me, but not for thee… On Tuesday, New England Patriots fan Jim Podanoffsky boldly went where no NFL fan had gone before, and it looks like he might have been fired for it. Barstool’s David Portnoy claims … Continue reading
Hugh Hefner, Amygdala Hijacks, And The Hypoxic Amygdala
An interesting tidbit in this article which was in the comments: Hefner liked to say he was untroubled by criticism, but in 1985 he suffered a mild stroke that he blamed on the book ‘The Killing of the Unicorn: Dorothy … Continue reading
Hugh Hefner Passes
Hef probably went out in the saddle: With Playboy, he helped slip sex out of the confines of plain brown wrappers and into mainstream conversation. In 1953, a time when states could legally ban contraceptives and the word “pregnant” was … Continue reading
The Pope Is An r-selected Tool
It is getting pathetic: In a strongly worded address before the United Nations Wednesday, a Vatican spokesman denounced President Trump’s threats against North Korea as “deplorable.” Speaking in New York at the 10th Conference for the entry into force of … Continue reading
German K’s About To Flex Some Political Muscle?
Being driven by amygdala is better than being driven by lack of amygdala: Dismal weather across much of Germany greeted voters heading to polling booths for an historic election destined to change the national landscape, with an anti-migrant party set … Continue reading
Criticism Of r/K Theory In The Comments
You don’t see this here every day. In this post, I wrote this: As the research shows, once you attach such an aversive stimulus pathway to a concept in the amygdala, you cannot destroy that neural pathway, unlike in other … Continue reading
Sweden In A Bloody Summer
What you don’t hear in the media: Gone are the days when Sweden was considered one of the world’s safest countries. The everyday situation in Sweden has become so dangerous that even personnel at Swedish hospitals have to fear for … Continue reading
Donald Trump Is Killing Dana Milbank
Here is why the Apocalypse will feature a pandemic: Poor Dana Milbank. For all of his life he has been the picture of perfect health. And then Donald Trump was elected President and completely ruined it to the point where … Continue reading
North Korea May Test Hydrogen Bomb In Pacific
This would seem a bad idea: North Korea may conduct the most powerful test of a hydrogen bomb in the Pacific Ocean in its possible “highest-level” actions against the United States, the North’s top diplomat said Thursday. Foreign Minister Ri … Continue reading