Who Makes an Easy Target for Brainwashing? | Andrew Gold
This conversation explores the evolutionary psychology of secrets, explaining that keeping secrets causes physical stress because tribal cohesion required transparency.summaryThe 'Fever Model': The brain treats secrets like a virus; keeping significant secrets triggers a physical stress response (chronic anxiety) to force the individual to share the burden with the tribe, as secrecy threatenetakeawayLanguage as a Secret Tool: Bilingual individuals often use a non-native language to keep secrets or lie more easily because the cognitive load of constructing sentences in a foreign language reduces the emotional impact takeaway
