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Nietzsche was Right

Who would have guessed:  Herd mentality rules during a financial crisis because people are wired to follow the crowd when times are uncertain, experts say. Brain and behavior studies clearly show that when information is scarce and threats seem imminent, people often stop listening to their own logic and look to see what others are doing. "People are afraid, and the reason they are afraid is there tremendous uncertainty right now in the markets," Gregory Berns, a neuroeconomist at Emory University in Atlanta who studies the biology of economic behavior, said in a telephone interview.The world would be a better place is more people would read Nietzsche.

Full post as published by Crime & Federalism on September 30, 2008 (boomark / email).