From: Emlyn O'regan (oregan.emlyn@healthsolve.com.au)
Date: Thu Feb 20 2003 - 17:11:12 MST
Well, you'd want to overcome it because its an evolved response, suitable
for split second behaviour guidance in individual life threatening
situations. It's really truly not suitable as a guide for international
relations. Some people think the neo-cortex might be appropriately used in
the latter context.
Emlyn
> -----Original Message-----
> From: John K Clark [mailto:jonkc@att.net]
> Sent: Friday, 21 February 2003 4:29
> To: extropians@extropy.org
> Subject: Re: IRAQ sort of: Re: Tim May calls for nuking of D.C.
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> "Hubert Mania" <humania@t-online.de>
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> > "reptile brain", regulate your alertness when your
> personal territory
> >seems to be attacked. [.] The slightest threatening is answered by
> tightly wired
> >behaviour with almost no options left.
>
> It's called the fight or flight response. The trouble in the present
> circumstance it is no clear where to run away to and that
> limits options.
>
> >This is a very powerful ancient evolutionary program. Difficult to
> >overcome.
>
> Why would you want to overcome it? Over the last 600 million
> years or so
> ever since brains were invented the algorithm has proved
> itself to have
> considerable survival value.
>
> John K Clark jonkc@att.net
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