NPR ran a piece today on the use of fear in political campaigning (You can hear the piece here). While they were focused on the use of fictions to fan fear in the health care debate, my attention was drawn by the comments of Joseph LeDoux, a professor of neuroscience at New York University. He was talking about why fear is so powerful.
PonderThis: The Power of Fear
PonderThis: The Power of Fear
PonderThis: The Power of Fear
NPR ran a piece today on the use of fear in political campaigning (You can hear the piece here). While they were focused on the use of fictions to fan fear in the health care debate, my attention was drawn by the comments of Joseph LeDoux, a professor of neuroscience at New York University. He was talking about why fear is so powerful.