[FRIAM] Oooh ... That got me fired up.

[Pieter Steenekamp]

Very good article, I resonate with the gist of it.

Let me quote from a book I'm reading now, "Making Sense of World History",
by Rick Szostak (page 84 in the Kindle version):
" Humans have an incredible capacity for self-deception. Our subconscious
thoughts can guide us to act in ways that are cowardly, malicious, or
jealous even if we would consciously disdain cowardice, malice, and
jealousy. Why did mental capacity for self-deception evolve in humans? One
theory is that self-deception aids us in other-deception. Humans have been
selected for cooperation, and therefore selected to give and observe cues
regarding dishonesty. As discussed above, we will feel guilty for lying
(that is, violating a cultural value favouring honesty), and display this
guilt physically."
"We might then lie to ourselves that our selfish acts are actually in the
interest of others".



On Thu, 24 Jun 2021 at 22:56, uǝlƃ ☤>$ <gepropella at gmail.com> wrote:

> Of course. That's the *purpose* of postmodernism, in general, and critical
> race theory, in particular: to understand the past such that the future can
> be better. The trick is when you choose to "read through" the text and when
> you choose to treat the text as naturfact.
>
> But the deeper issue is that of trust. Here's an excellent lay out:
>
>
> https://nautil.us/issue/100/outsiders/why-misinformation-is-about-who-you-trust-not-what-you-think-rp
> "O’Connor: Younger people are more savvy about identifying fake news, able
> to look at different aspects of some website and say, Oh, this probably
> isn’t real, and so are less likely to share it."
>
> Yet another reason old people must die.
>
> On 6/24/21 12:08 PM, Pieter Steenekamp wrote:
> > I listened to the clip and I agree with what the general said -
> understanding different views is very important.
> >
> > The bigger issue is of course the basis of all this and it goes beyond
> the borders of the US; it's racism and history. My personal view is not to
> ignore it, but to put less emphasis on the past and more emphasis on what
> we can do right now to make it better in the future.
>
>
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