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"Humans generally don’t like to hear that they’re wrong." Maybe that binary view is one of the root causes, as being "wrong" is not really a thing in many area
by miltondts 5y ago
"Humans generally don’t like to hear that they’re wrong."
Maybe that binary view is one of the root causes, as being "wrong" is not really a thing in many areas.
In fact this has roots in Aristotle's logic. Some years ago, general semantics ("the map is not the territory") tried to offer some push back on that binary view.
Humans do appear to prefer simplifications, with the binary point of view as a possible reflection of that, but we have had some success in evolving our tendencies through education.
- christophilus 5y agoI agree, which is why I wrote “generally”. It’s definitely not absolute. Munger is a clear outlier. But it’s a fair generalization in my experience.