Overpowering Your Lizard Brain - Seth Godin

[bmays002]

The biggest flaw of the white race is our undersized lizard brain, and it will likely be the death of us. We can build machines that take us to the moon, but without this basic self preservation instinct we will die.

[teched246]

*Score another 1 for david icke*

[MrDistrugator]

The reason phones aren't allowed on planes now they've determined they don't interfere with communications is because the airlines don't want twats like you yapping away the whole flight.

[Naywein]

I don't trust this guy ....

[RedJoe10]

More people are killed by toasters than sharks. In fact according to British statistics you're more likely to be killed by your trousers than a shark.

[Zareste]

what a moron

[drgahlot]

it is evident that most people who have commented here are either monkey brained, shark brained , deer brained or reptile brained.that is why it has provoked them to respond with denial.it is like neo telling people in the matrix that it is illusory, and the people on the other hand assuming that neo has gone insane.most of you live in the matrix and get provoked when someone tells you that.sorry

[LazarusCato]

Reptilian Brain: isopraxic, preservative, re-enactment, tropistic, and deceptive

[MrBeautifulba1]

"Just give me some Peyote and a Hang-glider." - Albert D. Xavier

[ArsonistInUrFirewall]

I keep typing.

[theeastwatch]

Why do I want to overpower my lizard brain? It helps me defeat mean lizards...

-TEW

[17secret]

Tell me about your reptilian brain Professor X!!

[stephanie3274]

I think he's referring to LIme Disease.

[fory230]

more ppl in america were killed by other american ppl than osama bin laden or terrorists

[Charlie12241]

@fory230 Not in such a short amount of time.

[tokotokotoko3]

I like his blog - but this one was wrong on pretty much every point he made. I really dislike this absolute abuse of evolutionary claims about our behavior.

[AkaVM]

@tokotokotoko3 you can't say he's wrong. You can only say that you disagree with him.

[rockman378]

@AkaVM you are totally correct it IS a OPINION.

[Pancake505]

@uch wow.;

[darren107]

Wow.. he wow'd me ..

[theDuctapeUnion]

My "lizard brain" was more focused on this dude's clown like appearance than on his message. 8(

[ilovemangolassi]

My lizard brain wants to mate with his yellow framed eyesockets.

[Thiagarajah1]

So using the cellphone is not a big deal, - not at the operating theatre or gas pump?. Is it fear or risk avoidance?.

[gameraccounts]

make the full version free please, I dont subscribe to anything but an ISP.

[staffordgreen]

My lizard brain is afraid of yellow trimmed glasses

[Bossness21]

Good video, except for the amydala (lizard brain) isn't responsible for reproduction like he mentions. It's specifically used for survival emotionals like fear and anger, but has nothing to do with reproduction.  He mistook the entire limbic system for just a small part of it.

[dumbnetworks]

umm this is bullshit, You have to pay to watch the video

[yesanded]

@dumbnetworks Yup. I was just going to comment on that. I loved Fora TV when it first came out, but I'm not likely to pay a fee to watch videos, no matter how fascinating they clam to be. Not to mention I just sat through a COMMERCIAL on that site!

[NeaFrea]

David Icke forum is controlled by those he pretends to expose!

/watch?v=EyoFcSp0cLo

[Isabella8466]

No we're not all afraid of sharks. Many of us scuba dive, remain aware of our environment, and enjoy the experience.

Motivational speakers are ... what they are, most of us don't need it.

[desirefirst]

the number of people that get in the ocean, in the shark's space, is minuscule compared to the number of people driving through deer territory

[JiveDadson]

Why are people afraid of "terrists"? More people in the US are killed in auto accidents every month than have been killed by terrorists ever. Lizard brains or arms manufacturers?

[LeLimeLine]

The Six Flags guy is pretty smart.

[ToListen]

@LeLimeLine I get it.

[ananiasacts]

Doesn't this imply that lizards are more pious?

[Dwaithy]

i hate my overactive lizard brain v.v

[MazeleyFanClub]

A deer once bit mi sister

[Hopeful71]

Everyday I drive somewhere (and I have hit 3 deer over my life) so I HAVE to find a way to be comfortable with flying down concrete at 10x the limit of my evolved body. OTOH, most people spend very little time in the ocean, so adapting to that 'shark concern' is not demanded of us daily, plus we can avoid it & still live a normal life.

I should be pissing myself constantly while driving but my demands for a 'normal life' demand I adapt to accept that risk as 'normal'

[TheTruth006]

I would have expected such a headline from David Icke.

[bryonpav]

This guy looks like the master of disguise, "Turtle Turtle"

[kevlarunderware]

howie mandel's dad ?

[darkwhitedirewolf]

I like that guy. He looks nerdier than me. Even if he is leagues smarter.

[mykmmc]

I AM THE LIZARD KING!!!!!!!!!!!!1

[Tones4me1]

@mykmmc It's Good to be King! LOL!

[AtheistKharm]

I think the whole deer vs shark thing is dumb. Sharks don't accidentally collide with your car and deer don't mistake you for food when you come into their habitat.

[TheOkham]

@AtheistKharm good point

[MaxBlight]

@AtheistKharm deers dont usually cross roads by accident, some actually do it for unknown reason (meaning, not by accident).

[AtheistKharm]

@MaxBlight I don't think they are intending to Kamikaze your car though.

[garvess]

@AtheistKharm sharks dont mistake you for food, you are food.

[AtheistKharm]

@garvess Good point. 

[ladicius]

@AtheistKharm deer are vicious. brutal fucking creatures. sharks? don't even have hands - no threat.

[Asiablue]

@AtheistKharm He is correct. And it is far more likely for a shark to be killed by a man than for you to be hit by lightning.

[TheCarpecarp]

@AtheistKharm I hope that was sarcasm...

[FilthyVirus]

@AtheistKharm you missed out the point.

[AtheistKharm]

@FilthyVirus I didn't miss the point I was just poking fun at his bad examples. Hes good at marketing his point, but hes not a neuroscientist and it shows. Around 2:25 he starts going off the deep end with claims as to what your lizard brain (i.e. Amygdala) plays a role in. A lot of the risk evaluation and planning that hes referring to when deciding on what business plan or w/e is done by the executive system. Hes really using an appeal to a negative view of the "lizard brain" to make a point.

[saugustus1]

@AtheistKharm heh, no it still makes sense... he's just saying we are not that scared to drive in a car for fear of dying from a deer, but we do have people that would prefer to not swim in the ocean from fear of sharks..

[ArsonistInUrFirewall]

@AtheistKharm Sharks don't mistake you for food.

[ToraJutsu01]

@AtheistKharm its about rationality and statistics. your more likely to die from a deer, but your brain doesn't react that way.

[AtheistKharm]

@ToraJutsu01 I know I was just poking fun at his bad example of that. Hes appealing to peoples pirmal fear of sharks then using statisics to show we should be more afraid of deer, which doesn't make any sense. Its not the deer we should be afraid of its the assumed risk of driving and this had nothing to do with primal fear of predators.

[AtheistKharm]

@ToraJutsu01 A better argument for statistics would look something like this: "A person living one mile from a retailer selling Mega Million Lottery tickets is 3.6 times as likely to die in an accident traveling to and from that store (2 miles) than winning the Mega Millions jackpot on a $1 play. Jackpot wining odds = 1 in 176 million; death odds = 2 miles * 1.03 deaths/100 million miles); 1 jackpot = 2 * 1.03 * 176 million / 100 million = 3.63 deaths." - megamillion's website

[AtheistKharm]

@ToraJutsu01 I think he would of been better off saying people that drive on the roads and have a fear of swimming in the ocean due to sharks have a irrational fear. That would make sense because fear of swimming in the ocean due to sharks and just having some phobia of sharks in general are two different things.

[avalanche170]

@AtheistKharm so you should share this idea on your [popular] blog now

[1RadicalOne]

I understand the metaphor, but I do find continually using words like "reptilian" as offensive...

[1RadicalOne]

And his claims like "the amygdala is the brain of all wild animals" are simply not true.

Mammals have cerebral cortices, and many animals have advanced ones, with four advanced to the point of sentience.

[jameshanley40]

Sometimes it really is better to fail small than to fail big!

[uch]

more ppl in america were killed by other ppl than shakrs or deers

[Tones4me1]

@uch And everyone knows this and we are afraid of each other in one way or another. And then we act out in subtle ways. How many people are afraid to give a speech? Why? No one gets dragged off the stage if they don't like the speech. It is ingrained in us not to trust. Women are very catty to each other. Why? They are competing with each other for men. It is ingrained in our survival system.

[Pancake505]

@uch wow.;



[h2321]

@uch Everyone knows humans are the most dangerous species out there, so a comparison between humans vs sharks wouldn't make his point.

[a1579]

I get that it's a lot of work to make these but 10$ for 44 minutes? You can get his books for 10$

[debashishbramha]

Mindblowing.

[thesparitan]

We need to find a way of the inhibiting lizard brain, but that would destroy the republican party so scientist get started lol.

[MikaelSOAD]

THE WORLD IS CONTROLLED BY LIZARD PEOPLE!!!! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHH­HHHHHHHHHH!

[taranoch]

so where's the part where you actually show us how to overpower our lizard brain?

[sacredgeometry]

You have to pay for content on fora? Whose stupid idea was that?

[angelwhite]

@sacredgeometry some content, not all

[sacredgeometry]

@angelwhite I did understand that, when I made my post.

[elstonieo]

@sacredgeometry yeah what a stinker

[freesk8]

@sacredgeometry I hope they make a ton of money! :)

[sacredgeometry]

@freesk8 I don't as their site was a haven for good free information, now they are probably going to siphon off the quality and stick a premium badge on it.

Its horrible.

[freesk8]

@sacredgeometry There ain't no such thing as a free lunch. TANSTAAFL.

[thesparitan]

@freesk8 LOL you must be subscribe to fora too, rock on. This is one of the best channels for new info, good choice.

[madhoyden]

Whatever happened to the days of free educational videos....

[proceedapathy]

failure is not an option

[thernr]

Just what i thought

[theeastwatch]

21 seconds into this and this guy is an idiot, people are afraid of sharks because in the ocean against a shark a human is defenseless you are prey... In the forest a deer poses no threat to a healthy human.

-TEW

[Sardonac]

@theeastwatch You're the idiot. How common are actually dangerous sharks? How common is an actually dangerous shark attacking or, moreover, attacking to kill?

That said, I'm actually rather scared of deer in the wild. I like this guy, thumbs up Fora.

[amh1230]

@Sardonac thx bud. saved me some typing :)

[Florence00pi]

@Sardonac actually pretty much all sharks are potentially dangerous. It's not as common because we are actually land animals so we don't swim so often ... also it doesn't need to attack to kill, it's good enough if he just bites your arm off and then runs, believe me. The deer killing people are most probably ones that run in front of your car so fear from deer is not the correct reaction for survival, neither from lizard nor from other parts of the brain. Just like you are not afraid of cars.

[Saktoth]

@Florence00pi

Not all sharks, many sharks are much smaller than a human, some dont even have teeth. Same for snakes, yet there is still fear there.

And if you are about to run over a deer, fear -is- the correct reaction.

Nevertheless the most dangerous animals in the west are bees (from allergies) and dogs (because we have so much contact with them). THE most dangerous animal in the rest of the world is the mosquito, but we dont get movies about killer mosquitos.

[Crazee108]

@theeastwatch its also just the physical characteristics... we're meant to be afraid of sharks. I think the reason there are less deaths, is probably because sharks look scary so we avoid it, where as we dare to confront a dear... =/

[theeastwatch]

@Crazee108 yes! that too thank you! :)

-TEW

[soccom8341576]

@Crazee108

The people who love to go in the water with sharks all died?

I hate evolution and I like sharks.

[Crazee108]

@soccom8341576 um some of the animals you love would not exist without evolution....... and no of course they didn't all die. I'm just saying, based on the physical characteristics alone - deers don't look as confronting. Nature uses visual cues all the time to warn other animals that they're dangerous - take the really brightly coloured frogs for example, they warn other animals that they're poisonous so other animals avoid eating them. =) i was using the same idea w/ us and sharks.. =)

[lupocephalic]

@theeastwatch

Not much bush craft in you is there?

[fuzzjunky]

great stuff

[MakeMeUp66]

what.. so i cant watch this whole video i have to sign up with premium membership?

[Sardonac]

@MakeMeUp66 I think you can just to their website and find it.