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[–]magnora7[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Thanks for sharing. Interesting to compare the two types of thinking like this. I would almost say it really boils down to a different way to divide the brain, the cortex (logical clear thinking) vs the limbic system (emotional thinking). People let their limbic system (also called the "lizard brain" because this structure is also in reptiles while the cortex is only in mammals) take over their mind. It's deeply rooted both behaviorally and evolutionarily, which is why its mental pull is so hard to escape without a high amount of diligence

[–]Robin 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

It takes a special kind of "sapiens" to confuse black with white. I think the topic is an important one, which is why I tried to focus #750 on it. A related dichotomy is between acting according to ones feelings and sense data as opposed to acting according to abstract mental models including ideas such as "patriotic duty" and "profit/loss"...