Red Pill or Blue Pill?
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Rafe Furst in
Cognition, Cooperation, Culture, Politics, Psychology, TED on
January 8th, 2009 |
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As we approach the inauguration of a new leader who trying to be truly post-partisan, I think Jonathan Haidt’s TED brilliant talk is apropos:
Haidt posits a sobering reality that we will all have to overcome if Obama is to achieve his goal:
Our Righteous Minds were “designed” to…
- unite us into teams
- divide us against other teams, and
- blind us to the truth
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Rafe Furst
I believe the scientific method as currently practiced is incomplete. ”Science 2.0″ is emerging, and the lessons from complex systems theory are a big part of what’s missing. This has more than theoretical implications; the biggest challenges we face are due to a general ignorance of — and a willful dismissal of — the realities of an increasingly complex, interdependent world. To learn what else I’m interested in visit RafeFurst.com.