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8 Physical Reactions Highly Intuitive People Actually Have Around Someone Who Lacks A Conscience | Donna Andersen

8 Physical Reactions Highly Intuitive People Actually Have Around Someone Who Lacks A Conscience | Donna Andersen

Published by Jenni Sidey

Your body can react to danger before your mind fully understands it. When someone’s behavior feels threatening, manipulative, or unpredictable, people with strong intuition may notice real physical and emotional reactions before they can explain what’s wrong. These reactions can be connected to the body’s natural stress response, especially when a person makes you feel anxious or unsafe. They aren’t proof that someone lacks a conscience or has antisocial personality disorder, but they can be a reason to pay closer attention to the person’s behavior and how you consistently feel around them. There are 8 physical reactions highly intuitive people actually have around someone they don’t trust: 1. They feel a sudden wave of fear Fear is our body’s reaction to threats in our environment. It’s a normal response, as LCSW and mindfulness teacher Nichole Moorman points out, saying, “Our bodies and brains are designed to feel fear.” If you suddenly feel afraid around someone, don’t dismiss the reaction. Consider what the person said or did that may have made you feel unsafe. If you’re …

Colin Kaepernick believes Jay-Z has a ‘guilty conscience’ over deals with NFL and Target

Colin Kaepernick believes Jay-Z has a ‘guilty conscience’ over deals with NFL and Target

Published by Sam Flores

Colin Kaepernick said he believes that Jay-Z’s recent comments about him speak to a “guilty conscience,” as the fallout between the former quarterback and the rapper deepens. Kaepernick responded as part of an extensive interview with NBC News after Jay-Z dissed the athlete during a recent concert. In July, Jay-Z took aim at Kaepernick, the former San Francisco 49ers star, mentioning him and his settlement with the NFL in an impromptu rap during a series of concerts at Yankee Stadium. “They run out of characters, had to bring back up [Kaepernick] again,” Jay-Z said, referring to people who have criticized him for a recent partnership with Target. “Buddy took a check, I ain’t even mad at him, but along with that check you have to sign a non-disparagement. I’m the one [the NFL] can’t control.” Earlier this year, Jay-Z drew ire when it was announced that he would sell an exclusive version of his “Reasonable Doubt” album at the retailer, which has been subjected to boycotts by Black shoppers after it rolled back its diversity, …

Staircase Conscience – TheHumanist.com

Staircase Conscience – TheHumanist.com

Published by Sam Flores

Most of us have encountered situations where we thought of the perfect reply to an argument after the fact, when it was too late. Denis Diderot describes this phenomenon in his essay “Paradox of the Actor,” recounting how he was initially flustered by a statesman’s comment, only to have the perfect rejoinder occur to him when he was heading down the stairs on his way home. This notion of “l’esprit de l’escalier,” or “staircase wit,” has equivalents in other cultures and languages, including a phrase in Chinese that roughly translates as “shooting after the horse has passed.” As we approach the time when we’ll see a horse’s backside exiting the White House, it will be interesting to witness the retrospective insight coming from Republicans who supported Trump when it was useful to do so, who ignored the impeachments and the felony convictions and the billions of corrupt dollars he funneled into his family’s accounts; who were silent when he tried to steal votes or challenge legitimate elections or threaten the peaceful transfer of power; who …

A crisis of conscience spurred this Christian IVF doctor’s career pivot

A crisis of conscience spurred this Christian IVF doctor’s career pivot

Published by Sam Flores

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Dr. John Gordon, a reproductive endocrinologist, has been a man of faith for years. When he began to have doubts, they were not about his God, but his life’s work. He chose to be an infertility specialist to help people. Thirty years later, scientific advancements made that easier than ever but created more ethical dilemmas. As co-director of a fertility clinic in suburban Washington, D.C., Gordon grew troubled over helping create surplus embryos, which would often languish in storage or be discarded. With the expansion of genetic testing, couples could choose the sex of their baby. They could screen out painful or fatal diseases, but also milder impairments like hearing loss. “It’s too morally problematic,” Gordon thought. “I don’t know where you draw the line.” In 2018, his wife pushed him to change how he practiced. They both believed in the sanctity of embryos as part of their Christian faith. But as Allison Gordon looked around the home where they had raised four children, their comfortable life now seemed bought by …

Habermas, the Philosopher Who Shaped Germany’s Post-War Conscience

Habermas, the Philosopher Who Shaped Germany’s Post-War Conscience

Published by Sam Flores

BERLIN, March 14 (Reuters) – Juergen Habermas, best-known for his theory of political consensus-building, shaped the discourse of post-war Germany ⁠more ⁠than any other popular intellectual. He died on Saturday, aged 96, in ⁠Starnberg, Germany, the publisher Suhrkamp said. Over the course of seven decades, his public interventions – from searing critiques of fascist thought in the 1950s to more recent ​warnings against resurgent militarism and nationalism in Germany – steered the country at critical junctions.  Not only his longevity, but also the renewed relevance of his ideas are remarkable in a country where post-war pacifism is waning and the far-right Alternative for ‌Germany (AfD) has become the second-strongest party in parliament. Born on June ‌18, 1929 to a bourgeois family in Dusseldorf, Juergen Habermas underwent two surgeries after birth and in early childhood for a cleft palate. A resulting speech impediment is often cited as having influenced his work on communication. He was raised ⁠in a staunchly Protestant household. ⁠His father, an economist, joined the Nazi party in 1933 but was no more than …

By Conscience Alone – TheHumanist.com

By Conscience Alone – TheHumanist.com

Published by Sam Flores

We are here today to present the American Humanist Association’s Humanist of the Year award to Jelani Cobb. The award was established in 1953 to recognize a person of national or international reputation who, through the application of humanist values, has made a significant contribution to the improvement of the human condition. Selection of the awardee is based on research derived from biographical data, writings, studies, and contributions to humanity. Nominations are accepted from members, so keep that in mind, and considered by the Board Awards Committee. Dr. Cobb clearly exemplifies the values of the Humanist of the Year award. He is a journalist, a scholar, an educator, and a filmmaker. He has been described as a clear voice in the fight for a better America, who explores the enormous complexities of race and inequality while offering guidance and hope for the future. A fellow New Yorker writer said that Dr. Cobb combines the rigor and depth of a professional historian with the alertness of a reporter, the liberal passion of an engaged public intellectual, …

Power, respect and conscience: How the women of “Fargo” manage (up) in a man’s world

Power, respect and conscience: How the women of “Fargo” manage (up) in a man’s world

Published by Sam Flores

“This is not a story about a woman who made the best of traditional skills . . . This is the ‘woman’s pluck’ story, the dust-bowl story, the burying-your-child-on-the-trail story, the I-will-never-go-hungry-again story, the Mildred Pierce story, the story about how the sheer nerve of even professionally unskilled women can prevail, show the men; the story that has historically encouraged women in this country, even as it has threatened men.” That prose could describe Lorraine Lyon, Jennifer Jason Leigh’s indomitable Queen of Debt and the true showstopper of “Fargo.” She seems the type, descending her spiral staircase into our lives (which she’d describe as “sad,” “little” or both) with an imperious purr of “I’m here,” before demanding a do-over when her lawyer on call ruins her entrance. Lorraine makes the men around her nervous because she has little use for them. For what use are men to a woman with billions in the bank, six governors on speed dial and a personal liaison at the Federal Trade Commission? Her son and husband might as well …