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I think you’re defining intelligence too strictly, and in relation to work (probably). Consider how much shared intelligence is present in your Culture, and how

by bbor 3y ago

I think you’re defining intelligence too strictly, and in relation to work (probably). Consider how much shared intelligence is present in your Culture, and how complicated the social rituals inevitably become. Humans are inherently damn smart, IMO

LoganDark 3y ago
> in relation to work I can't work very well at all, but I still notice that many people just live by "ignorance is bliss" to the point where they almost try not to know anything. They don't want to know why anything works the way it does, they don't ever reflect on themselves or their actions, they don't ever perform much introspection or anything. It's almost like they operate purely on instinct. Is there a name for this phenomenon?
- bbor 3y ago
  Bad epistemic practices/preferences/strategies. Or just “burnt out” lol
  - LoganDark 3y ago
    IME, it seems to be sort of a pathological thing and not just burnout? When you burn out, you still know everything you've learned, but some people just are not self aware, do not care about it, and do not want to know how things work or why. The sort of people who will throw a fit if a software update moves a button, because they semingly don't have the knowledge or intuition to spend 10 seconds finding where it went. This baffles me, because I know plenty of neurotypical people who can do this, so it's not like it's a neurodivergence thing, it's just that some people seemingly are not curious about the world and do not even understand how to seek knowledge. Maybe this is an education issue? Back when I was in school, they never taught me how to learn, they just wanted me to memorize things and then repeat them back. I don't know how that would explain the difference though, since plenty of neurotypicals are served "well enough" by school. Comparing my own experiences is sort of a slippery slope since I'm neurodivergent myself.

by bbor 3y ago

LoganDark 3y ago

> in relation to work I can't work very well at all, but I still notice that many people just live by "ignorance is bliss" to the point where they almost try not to know anything. They don't want to know why anything works the way it does, they don't ever reflect on themselves or their actions, they don't ever perform much introspection or anything. It's almost like they operate purely on instinct. Is there a name for this phenomenon?

bbor 3y ago
Bad epistemic practices/preferences/strategies. Or just “burnt out” lol
- LoganDark 3y ago
  IME, it seems to be sort of a pathological thing and not just burnout? When you burn out, you still know everything you've learned, but some people just are not self aware, do not care about it, and do not want to know how things work or why. The sort of people who will throw a fit if a software update moves a button, because they semingly don't have the knowledge or intuition to spend 10 seconds finding where it went. This baffles me, because I know plenty of neurotypical people who can do this, so it's not like it's a neurodivergence thing, it's just that some people seemingly are not curious about the world and do not even understand how to seek knowledge. Maybe this is an education issue? Back when I was in school, they never taught me how to learn, they just wanted me to memorize things and then repeat them back. I don't know how that would explain the difference though, since plenty of neurotypicals are served "well enough" by school. Comparing my own experiences is sort of a slippery slope since I'm neurodivergent myself.