I think I am happiest when I either have my gut tell me what to buy or one person. Like anytime I have a tech question about like what iPhone to buy, I just text you. You're like, yeah, I get that one. That's all I need. So I do think there's this other, there's just a lot of noise that our language-based thought does that we don't want. It's like we're not built for that.
The Summer of Cormac McCarthy continues – this time we dive into his one piece of non-fiction, the short essay “The Kekulé Problem.” How does our unconscious mind solve problems that conscious deliberation can’t crack? Why does it often work elliptically, in code, rather than giving us the answer directly in language? Is McCarthy right that the unconscious doesn’t trust language because it’s such a newcomer to the human brain?
Plus we select the finalists for our listener selected episode – thanks to our beloved patrons for all their terrific suggestions!
"The Kekulé Problem" by Cormac McCarthy
Pinker & Bloom 1990
Dijksterhuis & Strick 2016
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