CelticBear’s Musings

A really interesting, a little scary, story on io9 today:

♦ The “Trust Me” Drug That Makes You Take Social Risks

Basically, there’s a drug available which can alter the way the brain perceives people and can chemically make you more trusting and willing to behave on that trust.

Lee Randolph on Debunking Christianity discusses this and the entire concept of the brain having physiological areas which affect behavior, and discusses the religious implications in the context of divine reward and punishment:

♦ Brain’s ‘Trust Machinery’ Identified