(September 26, 2013 at 11:37 am)apophenia Wrote:
I don't feel like typing a detailed response at the moment, but I have been engaged in a project of similar aim in recent years, though not particularly focused on that subject of late. I, however, conceive of the root cause of the problems you wish to address differently, and consequently view your approach as essentially useless. To my view, the matters in question are consequences of the specific way the human mind works, and as such, there are deep reasons why things are the way they are. To me, the cause is less 'what we think' than 'how we think', and so any solutions aimed at addressing questions of the content of human thinking is going to be ineffective and aiming at the wrong target.
Maybe I'll say more later. Or, maybe not.
I'm a bit turned off by your claim that my view is useless, because the funny thing is I agree with you. Sure some things may just be wrong, but it's how we perceive reality and what we do about it that matters. Our brains have incredible neuroplasticity and I one can be trained simply to think differently about thinking, then we might be able to get somewhere
