Psychology
Exploring "Why" questions about Psychology
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why the US and many other western countries were not on Bashar al-Assads side, but rather wanted to take him down, when his enemies are apparently ISIS. Shouldn’t the west support the enemies of IS…
The Syrian Civil War isn't simply Assad vs. ISIS. There are many other factions involved, including Hezbollah, Kurdish forces, many (small, disorganized) various anti-Assad rebels, and Israel.
Why is it that you can *feel* like you’re forgetting something?
Simply put: Because you're remembering that you had to remember something, but you're not remembering *what*. Hence, you feel like you're forgetting... something.
Why can’t we remember memories when we were a infant?
our brains are still developing the ability to interpret and store information gathered from the sense, so the structures required to store long term memories don't exist yet.
Why is it sometimes easier to remember a word in one’s second language?
As someone bilingual, I'd say that sometimes some words more accurately represent what you're trying to say in one language than the other. More accurate!
Why does China feel the need to censor the internet?
The CCP is ultra sensitive to criticism and the power of technology to cause disruption. They pragmatically understand that they need to keep a lid on dissent. The lesson they learned form Tiananmen S
Why do most people eat when they feel like it, rather than when they’re actually hangry?
Part of it is evolutionary. There was no evolutionary benefit to not eating when you're not hungry because food wasn't a guarantee. That wouldn't have been selected against.
Why is northern Mexico’s drug trade so violent and why does it feel like no one is *seriously* doing something about it?
Because the cartels quite literally own the mexican goverment. Or more specifically, the influential politicians that could do anything about it.
Why are cows so sacred in India that they cannot be slaughtered and beef cannot be eaten there
It's part of Hindu culture, not Indian. Muslims eat beef. You don't find cow temples or anything, people do not pray to cows nor are cows given a pimped out life.
Why aren’t the crazy cult pastors, who claim they’ve talked to god or are some sort of messias, placed in mental hospitals?
because they are not considered, or have produced a credible threat they are a danger to themselves or others. you are allowed to be crazy and not be hospitalized as long as you are safe
Why do we link our emotions such as love and sadness, etc. to our heart and not other bodily organs?
Because in the Olden Days, people thought that the heart was where our consciousness lived, and basically where feelings came from. They didn't know what the brain did, and at some point actually thou