TIL oxytocin has more to do with xenophobic/ethnocentric aggression than testosterone
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That neatly explains the political orientation of a lot of people I couldn’t reconcile previously. Does that make chocolate a right wing conspiracy ?
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You see any Arabs and Israelis handing each other chocolate?
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No that I’ve noticed .. do you think large scale distribution of MDMA or SSRIs as part of a peace process would work instead of chocolate ?
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Even without pharmacological intervention I think endocrinology has a lot to teach the political process ..it shouldn’t be hard to demonstrate that people who aren’t being threatened act more rationally 😀
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