Sedona News: Where is hate in the human brain? When an individual is hateful to the point of steep vengefulness, what went on in that brain to result in that resolve? The unprecedented waves of hate—that often follow events—on social media is a problem that should be at the forefront of brain science research this decade.
There is a lot of effort about mental health. There are priorities about addictions as well. There are, however, fewer explorations along causes and solutions for hate, vindictiveness, bitterness, grievance, and the rest, which sometimes precede crimes.
It is common to search for motives for crimes, but how have all the motives that have been found, or not found, aided brain science research against these grounds for crimes?
Hate is not a philosophical problem, or a sociological, or situational problem. Hate is a brain problem. Hate that does not care for consequences. Hate that is intense enough to be expressed, with little control to the contrary.
Society is at great risk from the hate—in minds—that tends to prompt some individuals to commit crimes and has led to several negative actions. There are ways that humans understand situations that prevent certain conclusions, but hate is a destination or a stop in the mind that may induce the worst. To extricate hate, the first place to look is the human mind.
What is the human mind? The NIH has a BRAIN Initiative that should answer the question. There is also the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) that should have an answer to this. The pharmaceutical industry or the health insurance industry should also have an answer. Simply, what is the human mind within the cranium?
The human mind is theorized to be the collection of all the electrical and chemical signals of neurons, with their interactions and features, in sets, in clusters of neurons, across the central and peripheral nervous systems.
Interactions produce functions which can be categorized as memory, feeling, emotion, and regulation of internal senses, while features measure or grade the extents to which those interactions get.
There is no function [or experience] that does not have a set [of signals]. This means that hate is a set of signals. It could be a thick set, where similar emotions are collected, with some thin sets may describe certain specific ones.
Hate gets distributions in the mind by some experiences, but what is of interest is where distributions go, after they leave the set [of signals] of hate.
It is possible to develop a display of the human mind based on the set of signals, showing the accumulation of hate—by interactions, into thick sets, as well as distributions from hate to other sets in the mind, which may prompt action. It is also possible to look at how hate may stay quiet for a long time, where it does not get distributions [or relays], but remains, such that a certain intensity of distributions could prompt certain actions.
There is also the possibility to explore how hate maybe responsible for drug addiction, especially to stave distributions in the mind, to prevent actions. The NIH and pharmaceutical industry may prioritize this towards preventing the unknown in future as society seeks answers.
There is a recent report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Detection of Illegally Manufactured Fentanyls and Carfentanil in Drug Overdose Deaths — United States, 2021–2024, stating that, “During 2023, approximately 72,000, or nearly seven in 10, drug overdose deaths in the United States were estimated to involve illegally manufactured fentanyls (IMFs). Carfentanil, a fentanyl analog 100 times more potent than fentanyl, has reemerged in the U.S. drug supply. Using CDC’s State Unintentional Drug Overdose Reporting System data, this report describes trends in overdose deaths during January 2021–June 2024, overall and with IMFs detected, by U.S. Census Bureau region, and in deaths with carfentanil detected, in 45 states and the District of Columbia (DC). Numbers of deaths with carfentanil detected by state during January 2023–June 2024 in 49 states and DC are also reported. The number of overdose deaths with IMFs detected declined from 2022 to 2023 in the Northeast (3.2% decline), Midwest (7.8%), and South (2.8%) regions; deaths in the West increased 33.9%. The percentage of deaths with IMFs detected was steady at approximately 70%–80% in the Northeast, Midwest, and South.”
There is a recent story by The Sun, State and fed. funding protects at-risk nonprofits from hate crime, stating that, “Governor Kathy Hochul has announced a record-level state investment of nearly $63.9 million to strengthen safety and security measures at nonprofit, community-based organizations at risk of hate crimes or attacks because of their ideology, beliefs, or mission. Available through the State’s Securing Communities Against Hate Crimes Program, the funding will support interior and exterior projects and cybersecurity improvements at 336 organizations across the State. Under Gov. Hochul’s leadership, funding for the program has increased significantly: With the funding announced Dec. 3, New York State has awarded a total of $131.5 million in grants since 2021.”
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