What Happens in a Philosopher's Brain?

So women who stand behind the "bathroom bill" are thinking with system 1. Some people take the time to look at the problem more completely and see a disaster in the making for women if such bills go through legislation.

Whitney Abigail Mallett

Also, another interesting point I've come across about the CRT (questions like the ball and bat problem), is that people score significantly higher on the test if you just *make the print smaller* -- forcing the test-taker to engage their system 2 to discern what is even written.

Jordan

Very informative video. Largely irrelevant nitpick, but Daniel Kahneman's name is pronounced, "KAH-neh-man" rather than "KANE-man" :)

Jordan

the sight or sound of Canada geese going by makes me sad because they're free to leave the country and I'm largely not... all this beautiful land, ruined by a terrible government and a legacy of favoring the wealthiest over everyone else... :(

Naomi Starlight

Haha, my brain's stupid snap answer to "what's the theme of Moby Dick?" was "killing a whale"... I mean, one could argue... but that's not a great answer.

Naomi Starlight

I'm very worried about all that too. It seems like a bad omen when there's anti-semitism, fascist rhetoric, and hate speech becoming so mainstream, that it's controversial to say women are people for example, but cliche to say otherwise... How can I stay in the United States and protect people I love? And is anywhere else even really safe, just because there's countries that are marginally less bad than us? I feel an urge to get out of this country NOW, before the fascism pushes down on us even harder than it already has. Yet, I can't go anywhere because I can't afford to and because of COVID. They always say "if you don't like 'merica, why don't you leave?" well, God, I'd go willingly if someone could help me... But the same stuff is happening everywhere too! I thought Canada was better but the Toronto Philosophy group I found on Meetup seems to lean right, because they were reading Heidegger and Jordan Peterson. Yikes...

Naomi Starlight

Today is 6/4/2020, and protests are currently happening in all 50 of the United States and several other countries as well. This is the 9th day of protests. There are riots, beatings, shooting of tear gas and rubber bullets. This video explains so much about people. Right now, I'm extraordinarily concerned about the Alt-Right in general, including the Boogaloo Bois, the incels, the antisemites, and those who are gearing up for war. This explains their brains. This also explains the brains of the people who watch Fox News or One America Network. And yes, yes, I know it explains my brain, too, and the brain of every other human. But since I'm concerned about those groups in particular right now, this video was comforting because it gave me insight into something I did not understand. I believe that is the point of this channel, so thank you; you've done your job.