Medical Why do we Ace(arrogance, curiosity, and enthusiam)?

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Arrogance can stem from varying levels of mental energy, influenced by the neurotransmitter dopamine. When dopamine levels are low, individuals may feel unmotivated and indifferent. Conversely, increased dopamine production leads to heightened motivation, focus, and curiosity. However, excessive dopamine—whether from artificial sources or mental disturbances—can result in feelings of superiority and arrogance. This overproduction can also trigger paranoia and lead to anhedonia, where individuals lose the ability to feel pleasure due to receptor shutdown from overstimulation. Understanding these biological mechanisms provides insight into the complex nature of arrogance and motivation.
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A- why do we feel arrogant?
C- Sometimes, the we don't care, other times, we seek to unmistify. Why?
E- I like to call it the level of mental energy. What is it biologically, and does it have a limit? How does it initiates?
 
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I saw you asked for this post to be deleted - but just in case you see this...
There is a neurotransmitter in the brain called dopamine, and when you don't produce enough, you feel unmotivated, couldn't care less, and generally blah about the world.
When you produce more than usual, you feel motivated, focused, intensely interested; energized and curious about what you are involved in at that particular time.
If you produce too much, via artificial means or mental disturbance, you can feel arrogant and superior. If this occurs too frequently, you can also start to get progressively more paranoid.
That could be considered the limit, because if too much is released into your system too often, the receptors for it in your brain shut off, and you lose the ability to feel pleasure in anything, which is called "anhedonia", and a known effect of over-stimulation of this neurotransmitter. It is more complex than that, but in a nutshell, that explains (I hope?) much of what you were asking.
 
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