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Archive - Nov 10, 2006Submitted by Project Syndicate on November 10, 2006 - 2:16am.
"Oxytocin is active in evolutionarily old areas of our brain, outside of our conscious awareness. We simply have a sense that sharing with someone who has trusted us is the right thing to do. ... Our evidence suggests that bastards’ brains work differently. Their character traits are similar to those of sociopaths. They simply do not care about others the way most people do, and the dysfunctional processing of oxytocin in their brains appears to be one reason for this. Because bastards are out there, we still need government and personal enforcement of economic exchange.": Paul J. Zak [ category: ]
Submitted by Project Syndicate on November 10, 2006 - 2:07am.
"Taiwan’s Public Prosecutor has indicted the wife of President Chen Shui-bien for embezzling public funds. Chen, as a sitting president, cannot be indicated even though the prosecutor says that he has evidence to prove his guilt. But Chen’s legacy was already in tatters.": Sin-ming Shaw [ category: ]
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