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It's quite interesting how much weight humans give to old ideas. Probably a Lindy heuristic. But, man, imagine if I was early to that field and made it so that
by renewiltord 3y ago
It's quite interesting how much weight humans give to old ideas. Probably a Lindy heuristic. But, man, imagine if I was early to that field and made it so that we had to conceive of all doors as being vaginal (constant testaments to women's obsession with their genitals). Do women like putting things in the trash bin because they have penis envy and want to experience putting a sword in a sheath, so to speak? Why do wives like tidying up? Is it because they like putting things in cubbies, simulating the sex experience?
Wholesale trash thought. Man, even a mildly intelligent teenager has surpassed this level of free-association. But the age of the concept and its Barnum effect explanatory behaviour makes it the home of every mediocre mind. The only risk, I suppose, is that if we end this obvious sign, we remove a clear signal of sophomoric thought.
- lfmunoz4 3y agoYou can't prove it either way, people are complex and who is to say what sort of associations people have or used to have inside their head. The simple fact is that when Freud was coming out with his ideas they were new they were original. Most of anything we read is recycled. Having a single original idea is incredible and he had many that maybe wrong but eventually did lead to some right ideas.
- renewiltord 3y agoOh, indeed, I am a big fan of people being wrong in novel ways that open up new ways of thought. Much of the old philosophers is really their exploration of the space. Searching means looking in the wrong place most of the time. My problem is with those who came after and keep looking in some old place where there is nothing left to find.