What makes Alex Honnold neurologically extraordinary is that his brain generates far less of fear. When neuroscientists studied him using functional MRI (fMRI), they found that his amygdala showed remarkably low activation even when exposed to scary images

The only part of my brain that works is the amgydala 😭😭😭

Bro was playing safe here compared to some of his other free solos. He has a family now

Even this one?

I wanna know what this dude is afraid of

There is a name for that condition: psychopath / sociopath. In this case it is 'pro-social' and seen as a positive. In others it can be, and often is, used destructively.

This is a more detailed write-up about this topic -

He's basically retarded, from a self-preservation standpoint. Remarkable.

He specifically says that's because he trained it to be that way over YEARS. He dislikes it when people make the claim that his brain came that way.

I could have told you this without any neuroscience degree or MRI machinery at all

He has always said that humans don't have a fear of heights themselves, we have a fear of falling. He's trained since he was 11 years old I think. He has adapted over time by honing his craft.

Well my amygdala is firing on all cylinders. I can’t even watch him do this.

Another alien Alain Robert

He legitimately might be the only person on earth who could free solo climb that building and El Capitan without dying.

It's good to have a normal functioning amygdala.

People act like this is why he can do what he does. Might help a little but he’s just perfected his craft of climbing by working harder than everyone else.

I think I was more afraid than he was watching this

Sorry lady blame Netflix..😅😅

But can he hodl a silver bull market? I suspect not.

This could be me if I get amygdalotomy. But I'm too scared to get it

Did they show him an image of our National Debt?

He has explained many times that this study explains not that he has ‘less fear’ but that because his brain is used to fear it takes a lot more to make his amygdala fire. If we all did what he does for as long as he’s done it we could be the same.

Can we get surgery to have this low of fear? Could probably do anything with low fear

I’m a simple man. I haven’t a clue what that mumbo jumbo means. What I do know, is that he’s going to die one day doing nitwit things like this.

Cool. But a condition like that will likely get him killed some day. That why the body have developed the ability to experience fear after 1000’s of years of evolution.

he would be a phenomenal serial killer

That’s like saying a cheetah is extraordinary because it’s fast It describes what is observed without explaining how or why it came to be Fear can be intense at first, then diminish over time through exposure

The low activation levels are balanced out by his giant balls of steel.

Alex seeing a mountain goat shatter all his climbing records

He has a lifetime of training too. Plus he’s elite

How will he get down?

An amazing American rock climber 🧗🏼‍♀️ Alex Honnold successfully free-soloed the 1,667-foot Taipei 101 skyscraper in Taiwan without ropes or safety gear on Jan 25l while streamed by Netflix 📺

I think people underestimate his grip strength.

Which is why it will eventually go wrong.