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NEUROSCIENCE & CRIMINAL MIND - GOOGLE+ POST JAN 8th, 2019

ORIGINALLY POSTED IN GOOGLE+ https://plus.google.com/111375717217714398633/posts/ZMDmogP3dyi Interesting study. Though the Neuroscience part might be relatively new, the study of criminal minds by psychiatrists, psychologists, criminologists, and pathologists had been in place for more than a century. For example, Jean Alexandre Eugène Lacassagne, a French pathologist digged deep into details in the latter part of 19th century by using the method of studying "criminal autobiographies". When it comes to risk taking and criminal intent, it is a highly interconnected topic that depends on variables such as, environment (social, economic and financial) , level of risk, upbringing, local culture, educational level, rule of law to name a few. Risky behavior of an individual could also change over time with more awareness across various areas coming with experience, and worldly exposure. For that matter, even driving a bike could be con

MAJORITY ALWAYS RULE - IS IT TRUE & PLURALISTIC IGNORANCE

MAJORITY ALWAYS RULE - IS IT TRUE & PLURALISTIC IGNORANCE In an article written by our founder dating back to 2014 or so, our founder mentioned the term, "PLURALISTIC IGNORANCE" and connected that term with emperor's new clothes story. This article is an extension of that article, which touches upon the term - Majority always rule, and Pluralistic Ignorance. What is the meaning of the term, Majority always rule? This term implies that decisions or views of the majority tends to be right, and should be the deciding factor in determining final decisions. Having defined what it means, now let us look into the aspect of whether this term being always true in the real world. To start with, let us take this quiz example. In a quiz competition to find the right answer for this mathematics question, almost 78% of the audience selected a wrong answer and around 45% selected "A" as the answer, though it was not the right answer. In the same way, going

JUNETEENTH DAY & MY THOUGHTS

Image Credit: Wikipedia Originally posted in, Brutally Honest .... Juneteenth Day? What is it? Juneteeth Day falls every year on the 19th of June to remember the day when General Gordon Granger made the official announcement in Galveston, Texas that the enslaved people in Texas were free from slavery. More History on Juneteenth Day? President Abraham Lincoln made the official emancipation proclamation on Jan 1st, 1863, almost two and half years before General Gordon Granger's announcement in Texas. This earlier proclamation implied that the newly freed 250000+ enslaved people were already freed for more than two years, but never knew about it. Why was this delay for the news to reach Texas? As per historical literary reports, though the primary reason for the delay is not known, there were two primary reasons cited. The two being that, a. the slave owners deliberately withheld information, when means of mass communication channels were limited, b. the messeng

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