Anthony Scaramucci, the White House communications director whose flair for gale-force showmanship makes his new boss look almost tame, had an explosive first week on the job — so explosive that the president removed him from the role on Monday. The news of his ouster, at the hands of John F. Kelly, a new chief of staff tasked with instilling order in the West Wing, followed a particularly chaotic weekend in Mr. Scaramucci’s personal life.
Scaramucci had a manic quality to his behavior which I associated with high amygdala. I suspect it was probably due to his divorce, though he likely also has tendencies toward rabbitry. I once had a friend tell me years after his divorce that it was the worst experience of his life, due to the powerlessness and stress.
So Scaramucci’s amygdala was probably loaded from the beginning. The thing with amygdala is high amygdala in one place will produce high amygdala elsewhere. Amp up an amygdala, and people will act on less information, act more rashly, and double down on bad actions far more, and they will do it in every arena they operate in.
When Scaramucci met up with John Kelly, a Marine combat veteran who lost a son in Afghanistan, whose amygdala has a perspective and level of development most will never attain, his high amygdala was always likely to clash with Kelly’s low key amygdala.
Trump had liked what he saw of Scaramucci on cable TV, back before the divorce was on his plate. My assumption is Scaramucci was probably operating on lower relative amygdala on cable TV because of the marital stress. The way that would work is, if you had to show up on FOX TV in front of a national audience out of the blue it might be stressful, that would manifest in your appearance, and people would notice it because we are designed to pick up on stress in people we see. Then your appearance would be poor.
But if your alternative is being in a home filled with angst and attacks, where you are fighting all the time, that misery at home can make the FOX appearance relaxing by comparison. Then Fox would be an escape. Then you will appear calmer and more relaxed, and that will make you look more professional for those moments.
Scaramucci’s problem was he was given his big shot, which his amygdala flagged as vital, and at the same time he had to deal with lawyers with respect to his divorce and all the stress of that, which became something he couldn’t escape. Add in that Scaramucci was never hardcore K, and it was a recipe for disaster.
There is one thing which I would always look at when evaluating hires for amygdala-function. Scaramucci had a history of tweeting in favor of gun control.
I think a position on gun ownership is an excellent measurement of baseline amygdala function. The pro-gun position begins with an assessment of whether one would be willing to sacrifice a criminal assailant to save your own family and loved ones, as well as yourself. That is simple amygdala relevance-weighing. Any functional amygdala, mixed with even the most minor amount of loyalty should easily decide what one should do. Once one has made that decision, the rest is just mechanics, and the pro-gun position should be unavoidable from there. If you haven’t reached that position either your amygdala is not flagging threats, or it cannot weigh relevance. Both will be signs of defect. Either way, I would think the anti-gun position would render them a clearly unhirable prospect.
Spread r/K Theory, because amygdala is everything in the brain
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On the subject of evaluating amygdala function, one of the best r/K tests I have ever found is your following post from earlier this year:
http://www.anonymousconservative.com/blog/what-do-k-stimuli-feel-like/
While this could not be used for hiring purposes, I have found the unsuspecting reader’s reaction to be an extremely accurate indicator of where they fall on the r/K spectrum.
Didn’t know about the gun control thing, that’s a biggie for me. Still, I think Trump brought him on kind of like a hit man to get the Priebus people out. The deep state leaking op had gone on long enough and Trump needed a guy to “spike the football”. For all we know Bannon planned the whole thing, as Scaramucci made those comments to a reporter intentionally. Bannon and Kelly are now Priebus free and can move on with the President’s agenda. I do know this, MSM has looked very silly for the past few days talking about what mooch said. The Breitbart coverage, and CBS claiming Scaramucci was “escorted” off WH grounds is probably all theater. I wouldn’t be surprised if Scaramucci gets another job in the administration further down the ladder. Remember Reagan had a problem with the establishment too, and wasn’t able to get them all out. It slowed some of the potential of his Presidency.
Just look at this picture of Scaramucci and Priebus. Scaramucci looks like he’s going to attack him. He had to be a cleaner brought in to “rinse” the Priebus.
That’s interesting. If that whole thing was scripted, this is the best administration ever.
The most logical explanation is that Scaramucci was a hatchet man destined to fall on his sword. It goes even deeper in my opinion. Priebus worked against Trump in the primaries and would still be in charge of the RNC had Trump not plucked him out of that position. Priebus was isolated in the CoS position and then dumped. That is old school realpolitic at its finest.
Trump is a master.
Most Italian men and some other immigrant groups have dysfunctional amygdala. It probably is part genetic but they live in a female drama world. What I find is that men who mature in a drama world with constant emotional triggering do two things. They are overwhelmed with so much of this stimulus that they can never categorize it and develop social coping skills other than outburst. Then they seek outside areas of peace like a profession or occupation, later in life a hobby to escape the household emotional violence that they inevitably marry into. They are fine in quiet, task work, focused occupations and physical work, but cannot handle the disparate input of leadership or high stress situations where they mirror the females that raised and married them. Trump instantly saw him as a male female and knew that this drama would be non productive. This issue is always on my mind when i hire Italians or similar groups; you know it is coming. If you can find out about the mother or wife, you have all of the information that you need.
Concur.
What other groups do you consider to have a dysfunctional amygdala?
I’ve always noticed that southern Europeans plus most Latinos and Africans are really irritable.
This is an interesting combination of predisposition and long-term conditioning running for generations, perhaps as a result of the Romans elevating females in groups where they wanted to break male resistance. Given that, there appears to be some sort of mental illness just under the surface in many deep southern Mediterranean people, e.g. Italian and Sicilian. This seems to be a sub-clinical Pellagra. Inbreeding also magnifies any such effects which is present in many of the small isolated towns where the subjects often trace back to. Another example is Yarumal, Colombia, was once famed for its violence. Today, it’s famous for a different reason: the largest population of Alzheimer’s sufferers in the world. You often see this cycle of violence in youth and men leading to mental decline in later years.
In answer to your question, I would add Egyptian men for many of the above reasons. If you also look at the situation where they come from, you can see parallels described above. I am also seeing this in Iranians who inbreed a lot. It seems that the inbreeding of the Egyptians is also present however I do not have as clear evidence as with the Iranians. To contrast this, you see very well adapted Amygdala in Afghanistan overall. Consequently, the Russians could not defeat them, neither us.
It may be that living a certain way makes genes express themselves and/or physiological traits perpetuate family functionality further reinforcing these tendencies.
A good way to screen for this is whenever you see bravado or displays of hyper masculinity or aggression ask yourself two things. Is this purposeful, useful, mature or say artistic such as body building? There are times when men need to be men and in the masculine community it is promoted that men should project a certain internalized strength. Things like body building can be good or bad. You must develop a sense of when what you see is a good purposeful manifestation. Second, how does the person live socially and familial. Does he go home to a matriarchal, dominant, controlling wife or mother or have a history of either? Usually you can see how the father deferred the household to the wife and does everything with her permission. In the Christian world you can see heavy devotion to female icons and religious obligations dominated and scheduled by the female are imposed upon the males. As an example that Hispanic gang-banger who is always looking to cut someone or penalize some outsider for walking down his street in his territory, goes home to a wife after living with a mother who screams more often than not and dominates him the same guy who could be a big name drug lord. I see with the Egyptians that they will get in everyone’s face and be sensitive to every offense, poor Amygdala functioning, however they parlay this into work or business success as it keeps everyone on edge or not willing to challenge them. Italians did this often too. Do not underestimate the dysfunctional Amygdala ability to produce some early success by beating other down. Some of them take a fall as they do not have the skills to lead or bond with people as we see when crime lords often fall big time. Usually their wives ruin them too. You can actually control them by keeping them in a constant state of fear, a personal hobby of mine, by feeding them information that just stews in their psyche. Hopefully this helps you to identify other groups and individuals.
As an aside, I was around a serious group of tough men bad guys while young. Never had a problem. They achieved a sort of high K and had the predisposition to it. Never felt a need to prove themselves and were often nice. You could make a mistake and wander into their lives without consequence. They were never looking to start a fight and let most stuff go. A big, famous Italian mob family tried to move into their territory and was so scared that they called another big famous mob family to negotiate peace referring to my favorite tough guys as insane, dangerous lunatics. See how the dysfunctional narcissistic personality sees their problems in the perceived criticism of others and projects it back. I am glad that the sane bad guys won without much of a struggle. It was a great place to live.
Sorry for the delay.
I’ve been busy.
Next answer will be way faster though.
[Quote] Romans elevating females in groups where they wanted to break male resistance.[/quote]
I hadn’t heard about it.
May you share a link about that practice?
[Quote]there appears to be some sort of mental illness just under the surface in many deep southern Mediterranean people, e.g. Italian and Sicilian[/quote]
Concur. I don’t know what it is but I feel something really wrong about it. Neuroticism also seems quite common in them.
Plz Consider that sicilians are a subgroup of the bigger italian group.
[Quote] This seems to be a sub-clinical Pellagra[/quote]
I didn’t get your point, as I’ve found that pellagra is a skin disease, yet It can cause dementia, so you may be referring to a mild stupidity or something like it.
[Quote]whenever you see bravado or displays of hyper masculinity or aggression ask yourself two things. Is this purposeful, useful, mature or say artistic such as body building?[/quote]
Concur.
It’s really useful.
[Quote] Does he go home to a matriarchal, dominant, controlling wife or mother or have a history of either? Usually you can see how the father deferred the household to the wife and does everything with her permission[/quote]
Agree.
In fact; America is one of the most masculine nations on earth. Both their armed and hard working men and their opinionated women.
Liberal women are way too masculine.
Why most Americans don’t dump them and look for a wife in other places of the world; as they are viewed really favorably by the local elites? Especially the Americans earning in the top 20% of the USA.
I’ve never got that, how can anyone marry a progressive, liberal or anyone who hasn’t ever believed emotionally in marriage.
Although most of the world is so liberal that the citizens don’t have arms to protect themselves from the local politicians and other criminals.
I’ve run out of time now, but I’ll post another reply later.
I apologize for taking so long to reply; things got busy for me too.
The citation for the Roman practices would be difficult as it is based upon four years of Latin study. If I ever get a definitive quotation or a Latin scholar’s citation out of the recesses of my mind, you will be the first to know.
Pellagra is marked by a deficiency of Niacin, one of the B vitamins. Certain people have a genetic inability to absorb it along with other issues related to said absorption. In other cases a pathetic peasant diet is limited in the vitamin and causes intestinal damage that further limits absorption. The B vitamins are crucial and some of the hardest to absorb. They are needed for proper neurological development and maintenance of said system. One of the earliest American therapies for neurotic and schizoid issues was massive supplementation of Niacin to the point that it caused skin issues during treatment. This therapy was used into the 1970’s with great effectiveness. Patients and their families would be amazed at the improvement, like a different person. A tremendous number of Southern European immigrants found themselves in our psychiatric institutions in the late 19th and early 20th century and since we were much smarter and more observant then, the psychiatrists instantly figured out that this was massive Niacin deficiency as these were the lowest of the low peasants eating a crummy grain and starch diet. This was also beginning to reach into the mainstream society as food distribution was converting to grain and starch. A lot of professionals cautioned about the problems that we would face health wise long before Paleo eating would become the norm in our era. This was the reason that Niacin was introduced to fortify many grain and starch based foods at the time and continues to this day. When I was a child all crummy breads always said in large lettering, “Fortified with Niacin.” Even baking products are this way. In fact, it is regulation in many areas and was considered for a national regulation to my knowledge. They were considering requiring local ethnic bakeries to do the same. In closing, the same absorption dynamic also affects the other B vitamins which also play a role in neurological, by extension mental and other health issues. For example vitamin B6 deficiency affects the prostate gland.
Sicilians are in many cases very different baring travel between the mainland. Their roots are in some cases very French, Greek, Arab and Sardinian as well as African. It is said that more armies have marched through Sicily than anywhere else in the world. What I believe we are observing is more an effect of very isolated and impoverished villages that are very consanguineous. Peasant diet plus inbreeding and cultural isolation. People who visited could not believe that such a beautiful place could be so violent. Even today the local vendettas are out of control and we stupidly allowed these people entrance into our country. Additionally what we call Sicilians here are limited mostly to a few towns from there, and they have these problems. Did you know that Sicilians are the only so called white people who develop Sickle Cell Anemia.
The Latin Americans here in the USA are who I base the observations. Cubans are very much like Southern Italians. As for the greater community, I have no cohesive theoretical base. I think that the major factor is small inbreeding groups within a massive genetic admixture, diet, culture.
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Usually you can see how the father deferred the household to the wife and does everything with her permission. In the Christian world you can see heavy devotion to female icons and religious obligations dominated and scheduled by the female are imposed upon the males. As an example that Hispanic gang-banger who is always looking to cut someone or penalize some outsider for walking down his street in his territory, goes home to a wife after living with a mother who screams more often than not and dominates him the same guy who could be a big name drug lord. I see with the Egyptians that they will get in everyone’s face and be sensitive to every offense, poor Amygdala functioning, however they parlay this into work or business success as it keeps everyone on edge or not willing to challenge them. Italians did this often too. Do not underestimate the dysfunctional Amygdala ability to produce some early success by beating other down. Some of them take a fall as they do not have the skills to lead or bond with people as we see when crime lords often fall big time. Usually their wives ruin them too. You can actually control them by keeping them in a constant state of fear, a personal hobby of mine, by feeding them information that just stews in their psyche. Hopefully this helps you to identify other groups and individuals
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Agree.
It’s quite common within the south Europeans I know, specially those who are progressives or liberal democrats.
What do you think of Latin Americans ?