The World 's External Forces

Humans lack a common understanding on how to treat others on a daily basis. People are disrespectful to others without even realizing it, and they behave poorly in all aspects of all forms of interaction. These same people often do not take the time to listen to others opinions before making their own and interrupting

However, trying to change behavior or build new skills on a foundation of brain circuits that were wired improperly when they were first formed requires more work and is less effective than getting it right the first time. Therefore, remedial education, clinical treatment, and other professional interventions are more costly and produce less desirable outcomes than the provision of nurturing, protective relationships and appropriate learning experiences earlier in life. As a result, our brains retain the capacity to change and adapt even as we age, once it develops the exaggerated neurological response to toxic stress never goes away, with

This is a brief synoposis of how the brain process trauma. The “DOING” brain called the amygdala, is located in the limbic system, where response to threat, and intense emotion happens (Ferencik, 2010). This is intended to act as a “smoke alarm” that triggers when our brain thinks we are in danger. It is designed to help us respond to possible danger and react accordingly. The “THINKING” brain called the prefrontal cortex helps us plan, solve problems, and organize the world around us. It helps us analyse situations realistically and make logical decisions (Ferencik,

The brain is a complex and curious organ; despite extensive research, scientists still know little about it. William Allman described the brain as “a monstrous, beautiful mess.” He went on to say that “its billions of nerve cells – called neurons – lie in a tangled web that display cognitive powers far exceeding any of the silicon machines [scientists] have built to mimic it” (faculty.washington.edu). Imagine this mess of neurons experiencing a simple disruption, one that creates a domino effect that effortlessly damages this intricately created organ. Some of the most disastrous disruptions to this complex organ, traumatic brain injuries, most commonly occur in the frontal lobe. Injuries to

First, Steven Best, argues that humans deny rights to animals due to the labels we give them. We label animals speciesism as a way to justify our actions on how we treat them. Second, he stated, “might be a philosophical nature issue arises from the logical meaningless way we reject any attempt to compare moral values to nonhuman forms”(Best 4).This can be interpreted as humans ignorance. Best makes a point that the way we express ourselves subconsciously grants us the permission to test, label, and slaughter nonhuman life for our benefits or

The area in the brain that is now damaged will reorganize moving the needed functions to the parts of the brain that are not damaged. In the Big think article, Dr. Charney is talking about how us, as adult have parts of the brain that we don’t fully use. He brought up the fact that prisoners of war who are held captive only have one option and that is to think. Like people living their normal day-to-day routines, they don’t have distractions or resources that allow them to skip the deep thinking and

The human race has always boasted its image as the superior species with the ability to think critically, create masterpieces that outlast themselves, and stand on their own two feet; however, when one peers into the true image of human nature, the reality is far from what is portrayed. From discrimination to hypocrisy, the truth has always been exploited to reinforce the “superior species” narrative. Hypocrisy in particular tends to be the most pervasive human flaw and is also “often allied with moral relativism, the personal belief that the moral [,] ethical [, and scientific] standards of others do not necessarily apply to oneself”. Human Beings, or society more

While working on a railroad line, Phineas Gage’s skull was pierced by a metal rod from an explosion. However, instead of being killed, Phineas “was immediately able to sit up and speak, and after the wound healed he returned to work” (Myers, 2014, p. 56). This case forced scientists to rethink the parts and functions of the brain. Upon hearing this, I was amazed by the

Annotated Bibliography: The article starts by defining what Type I and Type II mean in regards to traumas. Type I is when a person undergoes trauma in one specific event, however Type II is when a person goes through a long-term trauma with an unvaried amount of time. It also discusses the survival brain versus the learning brain, where the person has a survival brain is constantly surveying their environment scanning

While the human species have made some great accomplishments, it is also not a perfect species, especially when compared to some other species. One of these drawbacks is that the human species is very aggressive toward others of the same

We distance ourselves from others because we think they look different or they come from different countries. As a result of that distance, we treat people unequally and isolate people for no real reason. This is very hurtful to them. I think we should treat each other as individuals, not as a whole group or religion. Racism must be stopped. To achieve this, we must educate our children and learn how to forgive. We need to develop equality, compassion and sincerity when we deal with all

Historically speaking, humans have always dealt with many conflicts such as guilt, religious and cultural differences, and internal moral conflict by “othering” individuals or groups of people in order to feel relief that “at least it isn’t me or my family”, among other less relevant

Thesis: There is evidence that people have dehumanized others at least since the beginning of civilization. There are references to enemies and foreigners as subhuman creatures in the literatures of ancient Egypt, Mesopotamia, and China, and it is also present in the cultural practices of indigenous people all over the world. When people dehumanize others, they think of them as subhuman creatures or inanimate objects rather than as human beings.

As Aristotelis put it, “Human sentiments are naturally directed to all living systems and beings and this sentiment has evolutionary value.” It can be seen how humans are also sensitive and have different stages of evolution. Not every human depicts the same characteristics. Let alone being on the same as the so called ‘higher animals’, humans are usually not on the same page as themselves.

The expansion and evolution of human civilization has occurred since the first humans stepped on this earth. Societies have gone through many changes from hunter-gatherer bands to horticulture and herding tribes to ancient empires to the modern day nations, but none have happened so quickly or influenced so many as the globalization of these nations. The most advanced nations, who before modern technology had geographical or political boundaries to underdeveloped countries, now can access these lands quickly, cheaply, and easily. This change has occurred because of industries taking over, or at least having a heavy influence in, national politics. They value money over the environment, the nation, and the people of the nation. The neoliberal policies of the modern world have put transnational companies in charge of the world economy, with few checks and balances to control them. This has resulted in vast market expansion, the highest income inequality ever seen in human history, mass international migration, and adverse health and environmental effects amplified like never before.