The Locust Mindset (DOI: 10.1126/science.1165939)pic.twitter.com/D07CSAcwdc
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The Locust Mindset (DOI: 10.1126/science.1165939)pic.twitter.com/D07CSAcwdc
This is basically Marx’s view of peasants as well. From idiocy to revolutionary armies and back like that.
Beyond peasants, the obvious analogy is *any* socioeconomic group increasing in numbers/density and subsequently being taken over by a collectivist ideology (cc @__ice9)http://slatestarcodex.com/2013/03/04/a-thrivesurvive-theory-of-the-political-spectrum/ …
Is a certain threshold of *unwanted* density the trigger for the switch to gregariousness?
It requires a certain threshold of serotonin, and levels of serotonin increase exponentially with a number of factors, the most important of which seems to be "sight and smell of other locusts"pic.twitter.com/kAHy4bzWab
The effects of serotonin seem to have the opposite direction in humanshttps://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/06/150617115327.htm …
(my rave joke was a reference to MDMA - neurotransmitters have complicated functions & have been pressed to many tasks.)
Most of what i know about current understanding of nt’s in relation to psych comes from SSC - any other reading recs?
I'm caught a bit flat footed - I was near to the field for quite a while and have idiosyncratic views not captured well by any fun to read blogs or popular books. I'll give it some thought!
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