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from chapter 10: NEW WORLD NEW MIND =A9 2001, R. ORNSTEIN & P. EHRLICH
<<<< There is a new understanding of the human mind, developed from
modern brain research and studies of thought processes. The
potential role of conscious evolution in overriding the defaults of the
mind needs to be understood by everyone as easily as they now
understand ordinary speech. The scientific knowledge that has
helped to trigger our current difficulties has also produced an
unparalleled amount of wisdom about how human beings perceive
and understand the world. This understanding can allow people, for
the first time, to alter many of their mind's default positions while
permitting them to learn to live with other default positions.
What can be taught is, first, the AWARENESS of the existence of these
default positions, in much the same manner as history is taught.
People can learn to OBSERVE their own tendency to over-estimate the
relevance and importance of single cases, their inability to shift
modes of thought, and the problems they have with stereotypes and
preferences for small-group processes. Most human beings can grow
up EXAMINING the sources of the mistakes that they and society often
make. >>>>(CAPS ARE MINE)
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