Dr. David Eagleman

Anything that's not human that turns off these networks that we have in the prefrontal lobe that care about other humans and how to interact with other humans.

Our colleague Lasana Harris has studied this stuff.

And what happens is when you're dealing with an object now, like, oh, the famous thing that happened in Rwanda is the Tutsi were described as cockroaches.

And the radio was blaring that all the time.

The Tutsi are cockroaches.

So, you know, killing a cockroach isn't so hard to do.

So you grab your machete and you go do that.

And that's the kind of thing I am essentially dedicating my life to.

This kind of thing is an education.

about this such that when the next generation hears propaganda about any group, they say, wait a minute, I've heard that trick before.

I know what this is.

This is just calling the other group.

Oh, they're not like us.

They're not human.

And so I'm dialing down these networks that care about other humans.

Therefore, I don't care about them as much.

I don't have empathy for them as much.

And I'm willing to take up arms against them.

Yeah.

Oh, I totally agree.