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May 09, 2017
An obvious subject, but with the current mass delusion of individualism, one well worth the apparent belaboring. We are the worlds most social of species, yet commonly regard thinking as an individual between ones ears activity. Hah! This leads to many delusions, that are thoroughly explored. It hardly touches on the why of the matter [besides of the obvious social nature of our species that is]. For instance, demonstrably, as thinkers like Buckminster Fuller point out, we began as generalists, right-lobers, but only gradually shifted to the left lobe. Why? We got too big for our right-lobe britches- knowledge just got too big for any individual mind to encompass, so we were forced into specializing. After which, well, like kids watching tv and naturally concluding that since they often see adult activities, that they know all about them, we see the products of knowledge and assume that we understand the knowledge itself. Leonard Shalin's theory [The Goddess and the Alphabet]. was that we went left lobe because of linear/alphabet-based language, but this forced into specialism by over-success argument may be at least equally true. A probable proof that it's useful and accurate- one finds oneself reading and thinking, yeah yeah, i knew that. Which illustrates their point! You don't know it, well enough anyway. Read the book already.