Not to mention that there’s a very good, scientific reason people are more likely to act dishonest, or like assholes, over social media. The human brain is fit with a network of neurons called “mirror neurons”. These neurons cause you to, at some level, feel an emotional connection to another person’s suffering or pleasure. It’s as if your mirror neurons are reflecting that person’s experience inside your own mind and nervous system. This is why it’s harder to be cruel to someone in person. Your mirror neurons pick up the hurt in their eyes or on their face, and you literally feel a connection
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