It’s true that Donald Trump would have less public service experience than any president in American history, but knowledge is lame. In, say, a trade dispute with Canada, we’d get much better results if Canadians feared that Trump might incinerate Ottawa. Donald Trump understands that our modern brains hold us back. Advertisement Continue reading the main storyThis reptilian brain has been updated with a cerebral cortex and other modern brain structures that are the seat of reason — but Trump is bypassing them. Our reptilian brains evolved to be hyper-alert to dangers, which was lifesaving in an age of pterodactyls.

Source: New York Times November 03, 2016 07:21 UTC