When looking into human stress responses, I learned about one of the odder side effects of the Gift of Set several years ago. Unlike nearly every other animal on the planet, which only experiences stress under conditions of actual threat, humans can be stressed chronically. The root of this comes from one of the criticalContinue reading “The Elusive Obvious: The Hazards of “Is””
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The Elusive Obvious: Logic
One of the foundational tools of the Gift of Set derived from, of all things, land use. In trying to understand how to utilize their lands best, the Egyptians developed a set of methods for understanding divisions of space and their relationships. These methods would become the foundation of the ideas brought to Greece byContinue reading “The Elusive Obvious: Logic”
The Elusive Obvious: Introduction
Unless you engage in a practice specifically related to it, you probably never really think about your breathing. Since you were born, you have always done it, as if the lungs were designed to breathe themselves. Similarly, in humanity’s default conditions, most people never think about thought. Their minds have always thought as if theyContinue reading “The Elusive Obvious: Introduction”
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