• Maeve@kbin.earth
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    3 days ago

    If humans can be conditioned to fear and greed, they can be re-conditioned to relative security and sharing. It would take reconditioning societies and economic models, first.

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      2 days ago

      We weren’t conditioned to feel fear tho. A baby hears a loud crack of thunder and starts crying, why? Nobody taught the baby to be afraid of thunder.

      Even if we could somehow recondition every member of society perfectly, that innate fear would always remain. That’s where we are differing it seems

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        2 days ago

        So you’re telling me a beaten child or dog isn’t conditioned to feeling fear.

        What, exactly do you think PTSD, c-PTSD, dissociative disorder, personality disorders and any number of other diagnoses are? They’re certainly not innate.

        Edit to add, do you still cry when your meals are delayed, or your stomach aches?

        No. You’ve come to accept (you’ve been conditioned) and understand you will eat again, a discomfort will pass.