The Illusion of Understanding
Category: Philosophy
Summary: Our relentless need to categorize things is dividing us and making us crazy
Link: https://extranewsfeed.com/the-illusion-of-understanding-b800505151f
The first step towards maintaining limber thinking is recognizing how fundamentally unlimber our minds want us to be. The first step of consciousness is to categorize. This can help us make sense of the world, but it can also impose illusory divisions upon the world that are hard to shake afterwards.
Date posted: April 23, 2018