Trust in government

[mooncliff]

Variations among individuals and variation in one person over time can be due to this. Not actually "news", since I have been studying this over the last two decades, but the experimental evidence is really starting to gel. Many other interesting points throughout.


"Of all the things that economists have looked at to understand why countries are rich or poor, trust is like that big gun that we've been searching for," he says. "The effect of trust at affecting economic growth is substantial compared to everything else that economists have looked at."

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/s...ryId=126141922

[aaron]

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I listened to that stuff when it aired on the radio. What a bunch of new-age psycho-babble bullshit. Yeah, it is hormones. That is the problem.

However, if you want a discussion on the negative affects of distrust of our government, I think CH Smith has some interesting things to say about it http://www.oftwominds.com/survivalplus.html

Personally, I believed in the government and our Constitution, and America... up until George Bush decided to invade Iraq. Since then, it has only gotten worse. Obama basically was the straw that broke this camel's back. I had a glimmer of hope when he was elected (no, I did not vote for him), but we see how that has turned out.

I would probably be running another (or the same) business right now if it were not for my distrust (really disgust and depression) of the government. I was paying a boatload of taxes before. Now, I do not have the motivation to "contribute" beyond my 40 hours a week at my JOB. Yes, I gave up. And, since I make all the same mistakes as the rest of the sheeple, I know I am not the only one.

[mooncliff]

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Ah, actually, you need to study mammalian physiology before you have any basis of making a statement like that. It will take several hundred hours.

[cjppjc]

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I listened to that stuff when it aired on the radio. What a bunch of new-age psycho-babble bullshit. Yeah, it is hormones. That is the problem.

I wonder if it's possible that trust can create an energy that can lead to better economic conditions. While I certainly don't know, the idea is probably not just new-age psycho-babble bullshit. All around us things influence us without our realizing it. For the good as well as the bad.

[mooncliff]

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Of course, it could be bullshit, but this is a hypothesis; it is not being put forth as consensus agreement.

If, however, one starts out saying "it cannot be true", one will never put in the effort to find out if it is or is not.
Science is the art of learning to be less wrong.

Certainly taking ecstasy makes you feel like you love everyone and trust everyone. Why would we have a multibillion dollar drug problem if the drugs do not in fact alter the way the brain calculates and make you feel different?

The difference between male mice that are monogamous and male mice that are promiscuous is whether they have receptors for the hormone vasopressin in one tiny part of the brain. You can design the mice to be monogamous or promiscuous by genetically engineering the receptors.

Why do people take out problems at work on their families? Why not direct the anger at the source of the problem? Surely we are all familiar with people taking out their anger on something that is not the source of the problem. So, couldn't stress make people irritable and blame their problems on "the government"?

[aaron]

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OK --> Distrust is a hormone.. So what? Unless he goes on to say that fluoride in the water affects oxytocin levels, and the government is purposely doing this so we are more inclined to trust them, I do not see the value in this revelation. It is just a very interesting biological observation. He did not tie them together at all (at least on the radio).

Banksters make me angry. This increases my stress hormone cortisol. So, cortisol is related to economic development???? We are all hormones and synapses. This is nothing new.

I was very disappointed with the NPR interview because it was not about economics or our trust in the government. It was about a nifty hormone.

[flintlock]

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I think my cousin's son has that condition. I remember when the family first met him( he lives several states away from most of the family) . This was about a 5 year old boy. He had some other development disorders I was told, but a very sweet kid. He gave me a hug goodbye even though I barely knew him. Not typical boy behavior.

[reggie]

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Now they have atomized Oxytocin in a spray bottle to interrupt the Amygdala's input into the Cerebral Cortex, curtailing any of that politically incorrect distrust one may have of their government. This will fix your "hormone imbalance" in a jiffy, and you will once again become a happy and productive citizen.

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This is NO joke.

[Ghent12]

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This is NO joke.

I Googled that and it appears to be a real product. If it works I would expect new laws to be placed regarding definitions of consent to anything from contracts to sex.

[reggie]

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I Googled that and it appears to be a real product. If it works I would expect new laws to be placed regarding definitions of consent to anything from contracts to sex.

Oxytocin is being pushed onto kids with Autism and people with Social Phobias
http://abcnews.go.com/Health/AutismN...ory?id=9843745

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