Keith henson

Lie detection is like language; there is a learning window. Telling whoppers to small children seems to be a family tradition in many families.

Attention is the way social primates measure status. It is highly rewarding because it causes the release of brain chemicals such as dopamine and endorphins.

Some people recovering from drugs or alcohol stay with the programs indefinitely, making the recovery program their family, a long-term source of attention rewards.

As for leadership, I am the kind who leads reluctantly and more by example than anything else. Someone had to be on the incorporation papers as president.

I much prefer the modern world.

Primates will continue to play social games without the least insight into what is killing them.

The drug or cult has major if not exclusive sources of brain rewards.