E016: The Banality of Catgirls

In this episode, we discuss super stimuli. Participants: Yassine, KulakRevolt, Greatjasoni, SayingAndUnsaying, TracingWoodgrains Links: Deirdre Barrett, Ph.D. - "Supernormal Stimuli" - TAM 2012 (YouTube) Supernormal stimulus (Wikipedia) The Surprising Psychology Of OnlyFans Simps (YouTube) Supernormal Stimuli Reptile Brain (Stuart McMillen) Does Too Much Pornography Numb Us to Sexual Pleasure? (Aeon) America’s First Addiction Epidemic (Long Reads) On information fasting fasting (SayingAndUnsaying) Parable of the Woodcarver (TracingWoodgrains) Recorded 2020-10-05 | Uploaded 2020-10-10