Maria Popova:
In one crucial respect at least, the human animal does not pass the mirror test of self-knowledge: We move through the world by impulse and emotion, then look back and rationalize our choices, declaring ourselves creatures of reason.
2024年12月22日
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他人之见
4 Columns
Elias Khoury
巴勒斯坦
Nakba
Why Facts Don't Change Our Minds:
“As a rule, strong feelings about issues do not emerge from deep understanding,” Sloman and Fernbach write. And here our dependence on other minds reinforces the problem. If your position on, say, the Affordable Care Act is baseless and I rely on it, then my opinion 更多...
2024年11月27日
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他人之见
Long Now
Elements of a Durable Civilization:
It's the combination of fast and slow that makes the whole system resilient. Fast learns, slow remembers. Fast proposes, slow disposes. Fast absorbs shocks, slow integrates shocks. Fast is discontinuous, slow continuous. Fast affects slow with accrued innovation 更多...
