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Assumption Is The Mother Of All Fuckups

Actualized.org - Self-Help, Psychology, Consciousness, Spirituality, Philosophy

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Survival Trumps Rationality

Overly rational people fail to realize that survival trumps truth, survival trumps rationality. When the grizzly bear is growling at you through the bushes, it's not your logic that saves you. Get a shot of a drenlin, you feel fear. You're terrified. And yeut, be very careful to distinguish between truth and rationality as it is co opted for the purposes of your survival. These are not the same thing at all. This is mostly driven by your emotional system. The majority of the decisions that you make in your life that drive who you marry, who you have sex with, how you enract with your children,. what kind of career you get into

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