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Physiology & Medicine / What is the brain basis of blame?
« on: 29/04/2013 06:19:14 »
As shown in the Libet experiment, conscious decisions appears to be an illusion and an afterconstruct. But if that is the case, then the distinction between "voluntary" and "autonomical" cannot be real either, but must also be due to afterconstructs. This gives an explanation for some interesting facts. One is that, although directed alteration of "autonomical" functions are virtually unheard of in cultures of abrahamitic faith (judaism, christianity, islam) or similar cultural influence especially from the film industry (cultures that believes in pure good and pure evil), it is common in cultures that do not believe in pure good or pure evil (including hindus and buddhists among others). This should not be a surprise, considering that belief in pure good and pure evil creates more pressure to justify oneself, and justifications are afterconstructs. It also explains the fact documented in "Mind, Brain and Education" by Kurt Fischer and Christina Hinton, and in "The brain that changes itself", that extreme recoveries from brain damage and other severe mental conditions are linked to tolerant environments. Those tolerant environments frees people from the false dichotomy between giving up on one hand and being blamed on the other. And considering how stupid habits are driving the global destruction, a world without justification appears necessary to prevent total disaster.
The real damage of blaming is that it leads to justifications. Trying to prevent blaming by saying "he/she/I cannot help it" is the same kind of absurdity as breaking things to prevent others from sabotaging them. The absurdity, in both cases, is to do the damage in order to prevent others from doing it. The solution is to stop blaming without any justifications.
The real damage of blaming is that it leads to justifications. Trying to prevent blaming by saying "he/she/I cannot help it" is the same kind of absurdity as breaking things to prevent others from sabotaging them. The absurdity, in both cases, is to do the damage in order to prevent others from doing it. The solution is to stop blaming without any justifications.