The Problem With The Alt-Right Part 2: Identity
Who are we? What is the self? I will be arguing, with the help of our growing understanding of the brain through and evolving neuroscience, that political movements founded on identity are ignorant of who we truly are, and of what it really means to be human.
SOURCES:
https://philosophynow.org/issues/97/The_Illusion_of_the_Self
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/275835038_Intensive_Meditation_Training_Influences_Emotional_Responses_to_Suffering
http://bigthink.com/ideafeed/good-news-science-buddha-agree-theres-no-you
https://qz.com/914002/youre-a-completely-different-person-at-14-and-77-the-longest-running-personality-study-ever-has-found/
MEMORY DISTORTION STUDIES:
http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0164024
https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/182f/c325ed71ab84bbb806cd29ef1f9fa15fa134.pdf
https://bernsteincognitionlab.files.wordpress.com/2012/02/bernstein-eloftus-encycneorsci08-proof.pd
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