Hello Daniel. There is no need to exercise your amygdala in this response. I was asking what you meant in your somewhat cryptic post, relating 'genetics' to one animal WO this brain center. MaryPat gave a textbook def. of the known features. I also knew most of that, being a biologist/ecologist myself, but are you saying that wolverines are somehow in the same category as humans with no empathy? Is having no empathy genetic, as in empathy is somehow built into DNA in all animals but wolverines? If so, what does that have to do with fascists/Nazis/psychopaths displaying a lack thereof? That was my question to you. I know you are a regular responder, and a very educated and experienced person. But even you can sometimes utter a phrase that needs further elaboration. And although I am a secular fan of the teachings of Jesus, I am not inclined to look to those teachings for why/how a human would behave without empathy. So could you clarify, because I am inclined to trust your observations as having credibility. Thank you.
Jesus. Did you have biology in school?
Hello Daniel. There is no need to exercise your amygdala in this response. I was asking what you meant in your somewhat cryptic post, relating 'genetics' to one animal WO this brain center. MaryPat gave a textbook def. of the known features. I also knew most of that, being a biologist/ecologist myself, but are you saying that wolverines are somehow in the same category as humans with no empathy? Is having no empathy genetic, as in empathy is somehow built into DNA in all animals but wolverines? If so, what does that have to do with fascists/Nazis/psychopaths displaying a lack thereof? That was my question to you. I know you are a regular responder, and a very educated and experienced person. But even you can sometimes utter a phrase that needs further elaboration. And although I am a secular fan of the teachings of Jesus, I am not inclined to look to those teachings for why/how a human would behave without empathy. So could you clarify, because I am inclined to trust your observations as having credibility. Thank you.
Mary Pat laid it out for you. Wolverines have absolugtely no fight or flight mechanism.
Some people have genetic predispositions.....