The Brain Rejects Inequality | Brain Blogger
While the new study demonstrates that humans are not completely focused on their own self-interests, it is unclear how the physiological evidence translates to behaviors in real-world circumstances. Humans experience physiological and emotional rewards from helping others and donating to charities, but the brain seems to stop short of wanting to redistribute wealth across the board. The association between work, reward and equality, and the brain’s mechanisms underlying all of them, remain unclear.
When Will We Be Able to Build Brains Like Ours?: Scientific American
Sooner than you think -- and the race has lately caused a 'catfight' By Terry Sejnowski
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