Which of the following statements most directly expresses the author’s thesis in the passage? a. "[R]eal excellence often comes unheralded and from unexpected quarters." (paragraph 1, sentence 5) Selected: b. "[I]t is easy to dogmatize, but it is not so easy to define, explain and demonstrate." (paragraph 1, sentence 2)This answer is incorrect. c. "The natural laws for the government, well-being and progress of mankind, seem to be equal and are equal." (paragraph 1, sentence 3) d. "We cannot have fruit without flowers, but we often have flowers without fruit." (paragraph 1, sentence 4) e. "The scene presented from this view is as a thousand arrows shot from the same point and aimed at the same object." (paragraph 2, sentence 1)

the support that the author, uses in the article facing our fears is a): a definition of the part of the brain called the amygdala.

he takes neuroscientist joseph ledoux's words by telling that by falling to distinguish between evolutionary old systems located in the amygdala and newer systems, centered in the prefrontal cortex, doctors have conflated non conscious threat circuits in the brain with circuits that underlie the conscious experience of fear. that, the author says, "leads ledoux to the jarring conclusion that the amygdala, a decades-old centerpiece of the brain's fear circuit, does not underlie the conscious feeling of fear".

despite this, the author points out in the article that that is a controversial notion and that evidence, in animal and humans, supports the idea that core emotions can exist outside of conscious awareness.

honestly, is this even a but since you asked, he's probably at the store trying to get you food.