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DaisyTom

(57 posts)
12. we need a lot more study and understanding of cognitive science
Fri Sep 18, 2020, 04:09 PM
Sep 2020

seems like bad people intuitively know how to manipulate the human psyche

we need real tools to understand, recognize and combat this

Absolutely. LizBeth Sep 2020 #1
I've spent most of my 70+ years worried about when it happens again randr Sep 2020 #2
Genocide is a constant theme in human history. roamer65 Sep 2020 #3
An almost universal theme is the replacement of hunter/gatherers by agriculturalists Klaralven Sep 2020 #8
And now the workers/hunters/gatherers by technologists and vulture capitalists. erronis Sep 2020 #20
Yes, the '70s were the end of the "rising tide lifts all boats" era. Klaralven Sep 2020 #28
I bow to your wisdom. jaxexpat Sep 2020 #19
Same here PatSeg Sep 2020 #50
Well said, great post, TY. appalachiablue Sep 2020 #53
"Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities." (Voltaire) The Velveteen Ocelot Sep 2020 #4
great quote, thanks ! nt steve2470 Sep 2020 #27
Extremely germane quote. scarletwoman Sep 2020 #41
There is a classic scene in the movie "Hannah and Her Sisters." madaboutharry Sep 2020 #5
+1000 smirkymonkey Sep 2020 #31
Rwanda being a more recent case in point... Disaffected Sep 2020 #38
Uyghurs, actually. Just FYI aidbo Sep 2020 #40
Thanks, Disaffected Sep 2020 #43
Phonetically it sounds like wiegers aidbo Sep 2020 #44
It does but, Disaffected Sep 2020 #49
Today the Rohingya in Myanmar are being raped and slaughtered by their government. Marcuse Sep 2020 #46
believers of 2 similar relgious groups conspire to kill members of a different religious group. msongs Sep 2020 #6
Intriguing. Christian and Muslim vs. Jewish? erronis Sep 2020 #23
Read Hitler's Willing Executioners by Daniel Goldhagen. Sneederbunk Sep 2020 #7
People Aren't Smart Enough moondust Sep 2020 #9
I think of this often KT2000 Sep 2020 #10
K&R, uponit7771 Sep 2020 #11
we need a lot more study and understanding of cognitive science DaisyTom Sep 2020 #12
Welcome to DU. You make a most excellent point. niyad Sep 2020 #15
. DaisyTom Sep 2020 #22
I think I disagree CloudWatcher Sep 2020 #32
I'm betting there are thousands of doctoral dissertations on this subject erronis Sep 2020 #36
That's for sure. wendyb-NC Sep 2020 #13
It's not surprising it happened when you look at anti semitism in Europe JI7 Sep 2020 #14
Yes, the foundation was already set. Buckeye_Democrat Sep 2020 #24
Exactly what I told me kids. Pepsidog Sep 2020 #16
Indeed! nt Wounded Bear Sep 2020 #17
I read 2/3rds of the young people today never HEARD of the Holocaust. Tommymac Sep 2020 #18
Like many museums, the US Holocaust Museum appalachiablue Sep 2020 #51
Thank You so much for posting this. What We Do Matters. Tommymac Sep 2020 #56
I'm over 60 Harker Sep 2020 #21
Some insight in these books pat_k Sep 2020 #26
Thank you. I appreciate that. n/t Harker Sep 2020 #58
A couple book you might be interested in pat_k Sep 2020 #25
You'll be seeing a lot of the Nuremberg defense in the next coming years Dukkha Sep 2020 #29
+1 At least one I suspect now who's been in the news appalachiablue Sep 2020 #55
I used to be mystified too, but no longer, I totally get it now nt steve2470 Sep 2020 #30
It's Actually Easy To Do... COL Mustard Sep 2020 #45
Read John Dean's New Book if you want to understand what in human nature allows Darwin2019 Sep 2020 #33
Link to publisher of Authoritarian Nightmare. erronis Sep 2020 #39
I was going through the same exercise last night, as I noted in the history forum here: NNadir Sep 2020 #34
Trump sounds more like Hitler every day. patphil Sep 2020 #35
The day Trump got the GOP nomination CloudWatcher Sep 2020 #37
Shanna Tova, Rabbi..... COL Mustard Sep 2020 #42
Same here. At the end of WWII, TxVietVet Sep 2020 #47
Rabbi, my husband & I agree, and we are 73. His parents survived the Holocaust... Hekate Sep 2020 #48
Yes. I see clearly now how the Holocaust could have happen. Blue_true Sep 2020 #52
Rt.. Cha Sep 2020 #54
Me either live love laugh Sep 2020 #57
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