Comments by "Robert Morgan" (@RobertMorgan) on "" video.

  1. The whole part about overly-concrete associations and lack of abstract thought ability is very interesting when placed in the following context: A large portion of the population today seems to go the other way, taking what's actually concrete and simple and associating it with/projecting their own overly abstract ideas onto that in a way that affirms their beliefs. An example: Bob is hungry. Bob wants to buy lunch. His options are cheeseburgers, tacos, Thai, Indian, or Korean. Bob decides he'll have a cheeseburger. Meanwhile, Stacy has this conversation about lunch with Bob and thinks he's a racist because he decided against what she sees as the other 'more ethnic and inclusive' choices. In reality, Bob only goes to the Korean place with his Korean friends because the food is amazing but it's so authentic the menu is only in Korean, He just didn't like the Thai place, Indian food brings up too many painful memories of a close Indian friend who passed away, and the taco place uses bad guacamole. Race played zero role in Bob's decision of where to eat, it was a practical, concrete decision process, but that won't stop Stacy from telling all her friends, and her and Bob's coworkers, about his 'problematic' behavior. Its like a segment of our populace has a disorder where they 'read into' things way more than is actually happening. It's becoming a real problem 10 years on from this lecture.
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