Taken from JRE #1344 w/Joseph LeDoux: https://youtu.be/Tnr4EyTegcs
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Taken from JRE #1344 w/Joseph LeDoux: https://youtu.be/Tnr4EyTegcs
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Joe, You're a mental thrill seeker.
I totally disagree with his perspective on other animals not doing thrill seeking activities that may cause them death. Case in point https://youtu.be/_d1umEeXEFE . Maybe there could be an argument for it being a primate activity, but I am sure there are other examples.
I’m a snowboarder and just just started out riding mellow runs and then I started watching the “older” guys in the park doing flips and hitting rails and all that good stuff. Basically what got me into the dangerous stuff is just because I thought it looked cool and more importantly it was fun.
It has to do with a slowed heartbeat as a child, and lack of adrenaline rushes you didn't have us a child, and when you get older your mind starts to speak that stimulus that's messed, unfortunately it's hyperactive when you're old as I was trying to make up for lost time
I always question this concept that suicide is inherently the selfish option- undoubtedly that's an element (that increases a sense of guilt and shame and compounds acute depression) but is it not more selfish to expect a person to live in misery for the sake of making you feel bad? If a feeling is so strong it counteracts basic survival instincts then it can't be simply ignored or be expected to be ignored for the sake of retaining someone else's content existence.
I also disagree with this utilitarian idea that it's better to keep a miserable person miserable than make a happy person somewhat sad in an attempt to retain net happiness. It's derogatory.