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Oppmerksomhetsagn

Alle dyr har to instinktive mål: overlevelse og forplantning. Dette har satt sine spor i hjerne og sanseapparat gjennom millioner av år, og ligger trygt forankret utenfor vår bevissthet. Vår oppmerksomhet rettes ufrivillig mot alt som kan tilfredsstille disse behov…

Media og propagandister vet å utnytte denne svakheten hos mennesker ved å bruke agn for oppmerksomheten som spiller på:

Tramteatrets satiriske " Naken greve jager neger med øks" illustrerer poenget…

“What we call rational grounds for our beliefs are often extremely irrational attempts to justify our instincts.”

― Thomas Henry Huxley (1825-1895)

“The very essence of instinct is that it's followed independently of reason.”

― Charles Darwin (1809-1882)

“Man’s habits change more rapidly than his instincts.”

― J.B.S. Haldane (1892-1964)

"We should chiefly depend not upon that department of the soul which is most superficial and fallible (our reason), but upon that department that is deep and sure, which is instinct."

― Charles Sanders Peirce (1839-1914)

“Instinct is a marvelous thing. It can neither be explained nor ignored.”

— Agatha Christie (1890-1976)

"With morality we correct the mistakes of our instincts, and with love we correct the mistakes of our morals."

―  José Ortega y Gasset (1883-1955)

“Let’s not forget that the little emotions are the great captains of our lives and we obey them without realizing it.”

― Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890)