I wonder if we also have those moves buried deep inside our reptilian brains.

>> ^deathcow:

> Pregnant women are gross
I'm not with ya on that one. Women look gorgeous pregnant. Maybe its ingrained evolutionary results speaking from my reptilian brain. What could be more feminine than a big pregnant belly.


Reading this makes me so happy, Deathcow! Love to you and your family.

“I realized some time ago that I’m not separate from nature just because I have a primate brain - an upper brain - because underneath the primate brain, there’s a mammalian brain, and beneath the mammalian brain, there’s a reptilian brain; and it’s those two lower brains that made the upper brain possible in the first place. Here’s the way it works: The primate brain says, “Give peace a chance.” The mammalian brain says, “Give peace a chance, but first let’s kill this motherfucker.” And the reptilian brain says, “Let’s just kill the motherfucker, go to the peace rally and get laid.”
~ George Carlin

She's not running: http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2011/10/05/breaking-sarah-palin-will-not-run-for-president/?hpt=hp_t1

>> ^quantumushroom:

Sarah Palin is the only potential candidate with the same "rockstar" power as The Kenyawaiian. Cain is smart and would make a fine candidate, but people are not logical or overly using their reasoning abilities; they are emotionally-driven from the reptilian brain, with only a thin veneer of reason. Palin = Rockstar. Obama = Rockstar. No other candidates anywhere have this power at this time.
Palin is far smarter than the meager credit given by her critics. You don't become governor of Alaska by being a dummy. Nobody kicks a dead dog, and the disgraceful way Palin and her family have been treated by the libmedia since Day Uno should give anyone who 'trusts' any kind of media pause. I can't think of anyone else on the entire political spectrum who has been the target of such outright vitriol, personal and political, including Obama.
We can discuss Palin's verbal gaffes or 'hypocrisy' on issues; it does not matter. Palin loves America; I have never gotten that vibe from Barack. Ever. He seems a disdainful tea-sipping Eurointellectual, which would be forgivable if he ever did anything of note.
Palin = Rockstar. Obama = Rockstar. That's really it. It would be no shame for her to run and lose, but if she didn't run at all, that would be cheating herself. If she doesn't run NOW, she'll be a ghost for 2016 and beyond.

Re: executions. Sorry, I did not see this question before now. Correct me at will, but I think the question you're really asking is, given the risk of accidentally putting an innocent person to death, do you still condone executions?
My answer is Yes. Liberals have not been able to prove an innocent man or woman anywhere in America has been executed, since at least 1950. Even were it so, it's a risk I'm happy to take.
The System needs to be fixed. This endless appeals bullshite needs to stop. No one sentenced to death should live longer than 10 days more.

The only way I would support ending the death penalty is if life in prison w/o any chance of parole was actual punishment. Federal crimes should be served in a federal gulag somewhere cold in the middle of nowhere, with few amenities. Every day should be hard labor until natural death. Once a month we can offer all the inmates a suicide pill. I'm sure you won't agree with much of this and that's fine. Most people in prison belong there. They are not nice people.


>> ^bareboards2:
Even my uber conservative father is somewhat embarrassed by her now. Started out a big fan.
So really? You really think this person is a viable political candidate for anything?
She does make a great Fox pundit. PS. That is not a compliment.
PPS Still waiting to hear from you about whether you are okay with the state executing innocent people. Yes or no. (Hint -- If you can't say it, you probably shouldn't be doing it.)

>> ^quantumushroom:
Palin out of the picture?
Wishful thinking from the libmedia assassins.

Sarah Palin is the only potential candidate with the same "rockstar" power as The Kenyawaiian. Cain is smart and would make a fine candidate, but people are not logical or overly using their reasoning abilities; they are emotionally-driven from the reptilian brain, with only a thin veneer of reason. Palin = Rockstar. Obama = Rockstar. No other candidates anywhere have this power at this time.

Palin is far smarter than the meager credit given by her critics. You don't become governor of Alaska by being a dummy. Nobody kicks a dead dog, and the disgraceful way Palin and her family have been treated by the libmedia since Day Uno should give anyone who 'trusts' any kind of media pause. I can't think of anyone else on the entire political spectrum who has been the target of such outright vitriol, personal and political, including Obama.

We can discuss Palin's verbal gaffes or 'hypocrisy' on issues; it does not matter. Palin loves America; I have never gotten that vibe from Barack. Ever. He seems a disdainful tea-sipping Eurointellectual, which would be forgivable if he ever did anything of note.

Palin = Rockstar. Obama = Rockstar. That's really it. It would be no shame for her to run and lose, but if she didn't run at all, that would be cheating herself. If she doesn't run NOW, she'll be a ghost for 2016 and beyond.


Re: executions. Sorry, I did not see this question before now. Correct me at will, but I think the question you're really asking is, given the risk of accidentally putting an innocent person to death, do you still condone executions?

My answer is Yes. Liberals have not been able to prove an innocent man or woman anywhere in America has been executed, since at least 1950. Even were it so, it's a risk I'm happy to take.

The System needs to be fixed. This endless appeals bullshite needs to stop. No one sentenced to death should live longer than 10 days more.


The only way I would support ending the death penalty is if life in prison w/o any chance of parole was actual punishment. Federal crimes should be served in a federal gulag somewhere cold in the middle of nowhere, with few amenities. Every day should be hard labor until natural death. Once a month we can offer all the inmates a suicide pill. I'm sure you won't agree with much of this and that's fine. Most people in prison belong there. They are not nice people.





>> ^bareboards2:

Even my uber conservative father is somewhat embarrassed by her now. Started out a big fan.
So really? You really think this person is a viable political candidate for anything?
She does make a great Fox pundit. PS. That is not a compliment.
PPS Still waiting to hear from you about whether you are okay with the state executing innocent people. Yes or no. (Hint -- If you can't say it, you probably shouldn't be doing it.)

>> ^quantumushroom:
Palin out of the picture?
Wishful thinking from the libmedia assassins.

>> ^BoneRemake:

>> ^NordlichReiter:
That's why the ATMs in the US have mirrors on them. Always, always scan your surroundings before withdrawing cash.
As soon as he lifted his shirt I would have pulled my pepper-spray and dosed him in the face. The alternatives in certain US states are much more lethal than pepper-spray.
The first time I used an ATM my Father taught me that there is a low element of danger. Simply because it doesn't happen is not enough to say it will never happen. ATMs are good targets of opportunity.

yea and I would of taken out my nunchukus and hit the first guy, then double summersaulted in the air and took the second guys head off with my spear of ritiousness. the guy got fucked over and your piping up about how you learned this as a kid. bullshit you would act the way you say you would, you have no clue how you would do in a moment like that.


You play the way you train. Some of us have Law Enforcement training. I carry pepper-spray I wouldn't just carry it without knowing how and when to use it. Did you know that using the pepper spray in that enclosed space could carry the risk of dosing yourself in the process of dosing the perpetrator?

I never said my Father taught me how to use Pepper Spray, I said he warned me that ATMs are a potentially dangerous place. Simply because the visibility of money passing from machine to wallet, and your back is to an entryway or to an open street.

Although these days you are more likely to have to deal with Identity Thieves more than actual felonious assault, and theft.
http://www.snopes.com/fraud/atm/atmtheft.asp

True you do not know how you will act until the situation takes place. But that is why there are training classes for this sort of thing. The military knows that soldiers won't know how they will act until the situation arises. That's why they do repetitive training, fire thousands of rounds at the range, and repeat the same seemingly mundane tasks over and over. The same ideas and advice are told to them over and over. So they have the reptilian brain memory for when the adrenaline takes over.

How can you limit your chances of being a victim? Scan your surroundings and stay alert. If you don't feel right, don't stick around. The best method of survival? Do like this guy did, give up your money. After the money and the bad guys are gone, get the fuck out of there; then file police report.

>> ^Throbbin:
Mackie's character did say he ahd spent 7 years in intelligence prior to his EOD deployment. It's not that hard to be a spotter. Handling a rifle itself is not very hard, and I don't have any military training. I've handled a .50 (never fired one) - and it's just a bigger, heavier version of other rifles. What's the big deal?
After the sniper shoots Fiennes' character, he took cover to remain hidden. Seems perfectly reasonable to me - it's what I would do.
I think you folks exaggerate.


Trainees typically shoot thousands of rounds over a number of weeks, while learning these core skills.

You do not go from rifleman to sniper in a matter of minutes. It takes alot of training to condition the reptilian brain to create "Muscle Memory. It's more scientific name is Neuromuscular_facilitation, muscles by themselves do not remember, and have no capability of remembering.

>> ^longde:
I think most women see child birth as a culmination of sorts, rather than a ruination.
Yeah, I think when you get older, you'll see things differently. Probably when you were younger, you thought kissing and sex were gross and disgusting, as well.


You feel good when kissing and sexing. You don't feel good when giving birth. It's painful as hell and women really get their health fucked up while bearing the child.


"I'm not with ya on that one. Women look gorgeous pregnant. Maybe its ingrained evolutionary results speaking from my reptilian brain. What could be more feminine than a big pregnant belly."
^
They do not look sexy at all. If women would look gorgeous while pregnant you would see pregnant women in the magazines and movies all the time. Apparently they are not that gorgeous after all. What's even worse is that their navel pushes out and looks uber gross.

"Please, lie down on the couch. Now then, tell me about your mother..."
^
What this has to do with mother?

> Pregnant women are gross

I'm not with ya on that one. Women look gorgeous pregnant. Maybe its ingrained evolutionary results speaking from my reptilian brain. What could be more feminine than a big pregnant belly.

>> ^quantumushroom:
The human heart is infinitely deceptive; anyone who thinks they can make up their moral code as they go along is already a victim of that deception.
Man remains a vicious animal, a reptilian brain with only a thin veneer of reason and rationality. There is nothing in the atheist's bag o' tricks to quell the beast (ego).
Apparently there's enough good in religion--any religion--that promotes human survival over destruction. I don't believe you can be an authentic atheist without acknowledging this.


Maybe you have only a thin veneer of reason, qm. I have several more layers of brain development on top of the reptilian portions that make me into a creature that is tribal by nature, part of a pack. As a member of this tribe, I strive to be recognized as a valuable member, contributing as much if not more than I receive. In that way, my peers will hold me in high esteem, and I will have access to plentiful resources which make my life much more pleasant. If I were to commit crimes against the tribe, such as theft, deception, assault, or murder, I would lose some if not all of the esteem of my peers. Aside from the retribution my peers might seek, I may also face ostracism or death. Knowing this, I don't even consider such actions within the realm of thought, excepting perhaps in only the most extreme of circumstances, where I would be facing death due to lack of such actions.

But most days I don't have to consider such dire choices. I am polite and considerate, yet assertive. In this way my peers may safely assume I will work with the team to hold up my end of the work we must do together, but I will not allow myself to be taken advantage of. And knowing that, they can plan their lives making me a part therein, and I can do the same.

And all without religion.

EDIT: The idea that you must have religion in order to be a good person is one of the Great Lies that religion teaches people. Individuals are selfish by design, but all it takes is a little thought to realize that being a part of a healthy community is essential to our well-being.

These strivings for an "atheist society" will have little impact, even if it is on public access TV.

The human heart is infinitely deceptive; anyone who thinks they can make up their moral code as they go along is already a victim of that deception.

Man remains a vicious animal, a reptilian brain with only a thin veneer of reason and rationality. There is nothing in the atheist's bag o' tricks to quell the beast (ego).

Apparently there's enough good in religion--any religion--that promotes human survival over destruction. I don't believe you can be an authentic atheist without acknowledging this.

<ahref="http://www.videosift.com/edit.php?id=29337">Aldous Huxley: Sum & Substance (1/3)
A conversation with Aldous Huxley. The first of three parts covers the following:
- Intelligence & Good Will
- Discoursive Logic & Non-verbal Awareness
- Scientific language & Poetry
- Culture's Benefits & Traps
- Breaking out of our culture

<ahref="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BbAPLJUl3mI">Aldous Huxley: Sum & Substance (2/3)
The second of three parts covers the following:
- Power politics / Arms race
- Destruction of the environment
- Corybantic dances / Dionysian orgies
- The Third World's dilemma
- Large-scale educational experimentation
- Reptilian brain vs. Neocortex

<ahref="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gwDMtbadCYY">Aldous Huxley: Sum & Substance (3/3)
The last of three parts covers the following:
- Human potential
- New educational approaches
- Receptivity: "A wise passiveness"