Comment by dkarl

2 days ago

I suspect that having a family and knowing that blowback from your behavior will affect them is a moderating factor for a lot of people.

I suspect growing up in an era where community, the newspaper, radio and TV spewed religious, racist, and sexist content gradually increased sensory memory related neural activity that fostered biochemical and epigenetic effects that over time become effectively immutable.

Not sure why we are being coy about the triggers. Society of his youth and the biology are well documented.

  • So explain the existence of liberals and Democrats in America.

    • I did. Different genetic expressions. The intelligence to realize language is just memes, not truth.

      Scott Adams put himself on a pedestal above anyone else in his comics; he was Dilbert. The only smart person in the room. He was always a celebrity obsessed with his own existence. Little difference between him and Tim the Toolman or a Kardashian.

      Low effort contributor whose work people laughed at due to social desirability bias. No big loss.

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