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Keltner believes certain people are “vagal superstars”—in the lab he has measured people who have high vagus nerve activity. “They respond to stress with calmness and resilience, they build networks, break up conflicts, they’re more cooperative, they handle bereavement better.” He says being around these people makes other people feel good. “I would guarantee Barack Obama is off the charts. Just bring him to my lab.”
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Emotional Manipulation! The dishonest rhetorical device of the 21st Century!
TheUnrepentantGeek on December 3, 2008 at 3:35 PM
Doesn’t seem to have worked on Michelle.
Quisp on December 3, 2008 at 3:38 PM
Is this anything like midi-chlorians?
I, for one, welcome our vagal overlords.
eforhan on December 3, 2008 at 3:40 PM
Well, they are both moronic ideas…
Darksean on December 3, 2008 at 3:42 PM
It’s called a cult.
faraway on December 3, 2008 at 3:43 PM
“Come on guys, cut it out…”
If that is “calm under stress,” I think we should avoid these “vegal superstars” as C in C in the future.
Count to 10 on December 3, 2008 at 3:44 PM
They’d have to bring the MSM, too. They did most of the heavy lifting for the idiot messiah.
progressoverpeace on December 3, 2008 at 3:45 PM
The Vagal Monologues?
faraway on December 3, 2008 at 3:45 PM
I didn’t vote for him but experienced those same symptoms along with a headache and queasy stomach the next day. I thought it was just the Maker’s Mark.
a capella on December 3, 2008 at 3:45 PM
Olbermann and Matthews and Sullivan certainly experience elevation whenever they dream about him.
Jim Treacher on December 3, 2008 at 3:48 PM
You give them more credit than I, sir.
Patrick S on December 3, 2008 at 3:50 PM
Anytime a large mass of people gets the “warm fuzzies”, regardless of their ideology, its to make sure that your guns are cleaned and loaded.
Ars Moriendi on December 3, 2008 at 3:51 PM
I refuse to comment on the liquid or the lump in his throat.
thomasaur on December 3, 2008 at 3:51 PM
Elevation is just another word for erection. That is what causes the tinglings in Chrissy Matthews legs.
poxoma on December 3, 2008 at 3:52 PM
If you keep your head while all around are losing theirs, you probably don’t know what’s going on.
backwoods conservative on December 3, 2008 at 3:58 PM
Well, okay, they might have to take a blue pill first.
Jim Treacher on December 3, 2008 at 4:22 PM
They never quit trying to sell Rosie O’Donnell to us.
pseudonominus on December 3, 2008 at 4:28 PM
Thank you, my creator, my parents, providence, the devil, chance, luck, the stars, the galaxies, for making me the way you did. Thank you, thank you, thank you.
Entelechy on December 3, 2008 at 4:32 PM
Opps wrong article.
pseudonominus on December 3, 2008 at 4:33 PM
Lemmings!
OldEnglish on December 3, 2008 at 5:12 PM
Heh! Let me thank them also, for you!
Neocon Peg on December 3, 2008 at 10:50 PM
Dang, I wish Hotair wasn’t blocked at my workplace! I could have responded much earlier! blahhhhh…..
Neocon Peg on December 3, 2008 at 10:52 PM