Research Ideas

 I am fairly confident I have my research topic. Ever since I was little, I have always been fascinated (oddly enough) with terrorists and what makes them do what they do. It is a large concept that is also important to central intelligence. And preserving our country and its safety. How the brain works is still largely unexplored (as the brain is the only thing that studies itself), so there is no one right answer to the question of ‘what makes terrorists do what they do’. But I digress. Upon reading that the father, known in the Middle East as Abu Parvaiz, was attempting to be a jihadist, I became fascinated with the psychology that makes someone decide their life is worth less than an idea.  I hope to answer this question to the best of my ability, using the library databases and possibly PubMed (my favorite site). I did have a few other ideas in case anyone is coming up blank. Primarily, why is Raqqa the capital of ISIS? How did it become so? I am not a huge history person, which is why I strayed away from this topic. Another idea I had was a comparative study of domestic vs international terrorism. I was going to interview a professor on campus who wrote about the domestic terrorism during January of this year in Washington, DC. I thought an interview- podcast type thing would have been neat. Anyways, those are my ideas. I love collaboration so if anyone wants to do a joint podcast, let me know! I’d be happy to do it :). 


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  1. An interview would be super cool! Aside from that, I agree that the concept of ideology over living is worth studying! I know you mentioned that you're not a history person, but there are so many interesting examples from the past; and even within the religious sector, Christianity and Jesus are rooted in the same ideology-over-life idea. Obviously there are positive and negative examples of everything, and a lot of things exist in the gray area of neither good nor bad. Looking forward to seeing what you do!

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  2. I don't know why, but the moment you mentioned you wanted to know that if we were to be able to map the brain and be able to manipulate it, could we significantly alter the ego? like change the entire driving factor to a person's life? Now i'm just scaring myself before Halloween, this can't be good.

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  3. Fascinating way to put it: "one's life is worth less than an idea."

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