Harvard Gazette reviews Stephen Pinker’s new book on rationality. Pinker argues that hunter-gatherer tribes use critical thinking all the time, are skeptical of arguments from authority, and “owe their survival to a scientific mindset”.

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

This seems interesting

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So they’re wiser than modern people?

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Wiser than u/Hongkongphooey

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Cool book, thanks broseph