• GoofSchmoofer@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    These scams are effective because of a thing called Amygdala hijack which

    “is an emotional response that is immediate, overwhelming, and out of measure with the actual stimulus because it has triggered a much more significant emotional threat.”

    You can get any human to do dumb things if you can by-pass their logical brain and have them work off the lizard brain.

    • blackbrook@mander.xyz
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      1 month ago

      The hard thing is to actually get past their lizard brain and contact their logical brain.