Keith Henson
Keith Henson
Howard Keith Hensonis an American electrical engineer and writer on space engineering, space law, memetics, cryonics, evolutionary psychology and physical limitations of Transhumanism...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionScientist
CountryUnited States of America
children errors trial-and-error
Children do not have to learn that streets are dangerous places by potentially fatal trial and error.
brain problem victim
Cult recruiting methods based on dosing victims with the brain chemicals released during capture bonding would make cults even more of a problem than they are now.
cards cost credit
Even small cults are a serious cost on the world economy, to victims, their families, employers, friends, and credit-card companies.
people skins gullible
Could people be trained to be less gullible? Or are you as stuck with gullibility as you are with skin colour?
family giving-up home
Fighting hard to protect yourself and your relatives is good for your genes, but when captured and escape is not possible, giving up short of dying and making the best you can of the new situation is also good for your genes.
loyalty thinking people
People can undergo a sudden change of thinking and loyalties under threat of death or intense social pressure and isolation from friends and family.
aggravation flying wonder
If anyone wonders why the airlines are not doing well it is because flying has been made such an unpleasant and degrading experience.
animal giving generations
The information that is passed from person to person and from generation to generation is the primary factor that gives humans a competitive advantage over other animals.
world recycling modern
I much prefer the modern world.
today evolution psychological
Evolution acts slowly. Our psychological characteristics today are those that promoted reproductive success in the ancestral environmen.
long brain attention
Action leads to Attention. that in the short-term releases Rewarding brain chemicals and in the long term improves reproductive success.
recovery people long
Some people recovering from drugs or alcohol stay with the programs indefinitely, making the recovery program their family, a long-term source of attention rewards.
teacher lying skills
Perhaps teachers should be instructed in a program where they lie to their students on a regular basis to sharpen up their skills at detecting lies.
games play killing
Primates will continue to play social games without the least insight into what is killing them.