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Prof. T. W. Murphy points out that the vast majority of humanity (the MyerBriggs ST-SF gene pool) consists primarily of sentients (short-term-minded-seeing & feeling-is-beliving) beings. The rest, only roughly 10%, are logical abstract thinkers (MyerBriggs NT profiles). See 304-308 > https://escholarship.org/uc/energy_ambitions

Historically Reason has been the villain of the human narrative [..] so evolution removed those genes from the population and successful cultures stigmatized them enough to give people an internalized fear of even trying.

In his book The Secret Of Our Success, anthropologist Joseph Henrich states that humans evolved to transmit culture with high fidelity. And one of the biggest threats to transmitting culture with high fidelity was Reason. :)

https://slatestarcodex.com/2019/06/04/book-review-the-secret-of-our-success/

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gerald lindner
gerald lindner

Written by gerald lindner

My 3 continents, 5 countries youth deconstructed most cultural lock-ins and social biases. It opened my mind to parallel views and fundamental innovations.

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