Do you think before you speak?

[Telekinetic-Potato]

Like do you said for a moment, process information, try to understand how it might not even mean what it seems like on the surface and craft a response carefully or do you just blurt out whatever your brain immediately spat out as soon as you react to something?

Because most people are way closer to the second than the first

[Maybe_Maybe_not]

I press pause all the time, I can't even control it. To the point where I am amazed, genuinely, by how people who can throw 3 sentences or more, seamlessly and at will. I have no idea what happens to them, cerebrally speaking, to make that possible.

[Telekinetic-Potato]

I have been trying to figure this out longer than most would believe and my conclusion is people want to fit in, they don't want to spend their energy interpreting everything that happens in their life. So they make shortcuts.

Like for example, you have a spy movie from the early 90's who's the bad guy going to be? Either a Russian or some dude with a sandy accent.

Because of these associations that built up in people's minds.

Take it to the next extreme:

These kids see what's going on in Iraq. They don't think about the complicated geopolitics. Of the straight. They just pick up on a few key relationships.

Trump/bad
War with muslims/lie
They want us to think all Muslims are bad

That is an incredibly powerful set of beliefs. And they're just true enough that it makes showing these people a thought process that on it's surface seems like it might conflict with any of these ideas nearly impossible.

It's like that by design. And there's subtle hints you can pick up on in post cold war era psychology publishings that kind of show this direction has maybe been in the works for a long time.

[Maybe_Maybe_not]

We all want to fit in, in my opinion, absolutely everyone of us. In fact, I think that me being how I am was my way to fit in. Also, about speaking without thinking first, people around me I see chaining sentences are also ones thinking a lot lol

As for countering simplistic views about the world, to me, that's school & parents combined job to stimulate kids intelligence and knowledge, if both institutions fail the mission, that sucks yes. Though I'm not pessimistic, looking around me.

[Tomislav7]

Online? Ill just blurt out something stupid unless its a Q i want to answer.

[Telekinetic-Potato]

Same

[Tomislav7]

thank you

[RandomGirl42]

No. 😳

[Telekinetic-Potato]

Lol 😂

[KostasKouvalis]

I do. And I know it's gonna get me in trouble, but I say it anyways

[NathanDavis]

Yes.