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h the time and effort it required to be part of the Network. Although various members of the Network interact on a daily or weekly basis, the entire Network convenes twice annually for a four-day retreat to discuss each other’s research, to critique each other and to learn from one other. Scientific analy
surprisingly easy to overlook the evident. Noticing the Unusual, Overlooking the Obvious On January 15, 2009, US Airways Flight 1549 departed from New York’s LaGuardia Airport for Charlotte, North Carolina when it struck a flock of geese during takeoff. Both engines were disabled, and the heavy aircraft qu
ce a dominant modern image of humans summarized by the phrase “what is best for me is best for the society.” Without rejecting the selfish gene view, Cacioppo shows how it evolves in humans into what he calls the “social brain’— a large cerebral cortex and an interconnected limbic lobule that together are s
e time and effort it required to be part of the Network. Although various members of the Network interact on a daily or weekly basis, the entire Network convenes twice annually for a four-day retreat to discuss each other's research, to critique each other and to learn from one other. Scientific a
dominant modern image of humans summarized by the phrase "what is best for me is best for the society." Without rejecting the selfish gene view, Cacioppo shows how it evolves in humans into what he calls the "social brain"— a large cerebral cortex and an interconnected limbic lobule that together a
gs of the world. What it means to feel a connection to a higher being is a theme that several essays explore. As is evident in these essays, the Network has considered very different, even divergent, pictures of what such connection might entail. These apparent inconsistencies that can be found in
oration for mutual benefit is part of human nature or whether promotion of the self above all others is man's primary motivation. In this volume, Cacioppo argues that sociality is an integral part of human nature. He notes that given each child's prolonged period of total dependence, survival into ch
rkings of the world. What it means to feel a connection to a higher being is a theme that several essays explore. As is evident in these essays, the Network has considered very different, even divergent, pictures of what such connection might entail. These apparent inconsistencies that can be found in HO
llaboration for mutual benefit is part of human nature or whether promotion of the self above all others is man’s primary motivation. In this volume, Cacioppo argues that sociality is an integral part of human nature. He notes that given each child’s prolonged period of total dependence, survival into child
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