"The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary." ~ H.L. Mencken
Humans Evolved Big Brains So We Evaluate Each Other Quickly
“Constantly evaluating our own and other peoples' social standings is a hard workout for our brains — we have the largest cerebral cortex relative to our body size of all mammals — as we've evolved to process social and communication norms.” So that’s why being on Twitter and Facebook all day makes your head hurt? Just askin’.
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Ever wonder about the funding of studies such as this? Or why???
And people wonder why I, long retired "science" teacher, generally always question "science" excruciatingly???
Sam