RT Hunter Ash (@ArtemisConsort)One thing that took me far too long to understand is that most people are not engaged in the project of building a coherent, parsimonious, maximally explanatory worldview. They aren’t trying to turn their brains into the best possible mirrors of the universe.They use language in a fundamentally different way, and this is downstream of a fundamentally different conception of themselves.People like me see our primary target of thought as external. We are designed to deal with ph ...

RT Jeff Deist (@jeffdeist)A serious and underappreciated phenomenon:The same people who politicize every facet of human life also insist their particular worldview is not political. It’s just being a good person. Unlike all the bad persons who dare not to share their obviously good and nonpolitical worldview. Also known as fascists. ...

[applause] This is my dog, Milo. He's a perfectly happy dog as long as he gets cheese, playtime, belly rubs, and a spot on the couch. If we dropped him off in the wild, he probably wouldn't do too well.Not because he's weak, but because that environment doesn't support his needs. This is true of most animals, including Milo's ancestors, the wolves. In a healthy ecosystem, wolves are social animals, just like humans.They move constantly, regulate stress through connection. They raise their young together. No ...

Scientific Discovery - Paradigm shifts require changes in the perceived composition of the world [1] - The Hubble telescope potentially holds the power to alter our worldview [1]