Tuesday, July 08, 2008

Don't forget the pineal gland ...

... The Synapse and the Soul. (Hat tip, Dave Lull.)

If you are scared of heights, it will make you no less afraid to hear that the "actual cause" of your feeling is a catecholamine rush.


Is that rush the cause of the feeling, or a consequence of it? If someone comes running and screaming toward me wielding an ax, I will have an adrenalin rush. That will not be the cause of my fear, but a consequence of it.

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