From my perspective, human intelligence is defined concretely as the ability to construct a new, unique, accurate response to each new, unique experience which confronts each human at each moment of his or her existence.
This ability is differentiated explicitly from the ability of plants and animals to "choose"
responses from an inherited, restricted list of pre-set response patterns.
The source of human irrationality is located in the distress experiences which the human has undergone and has not been permitted to recover from completely.
All distress are acquired, repairable disfunctions.
This distinction between humans and animals has helped me make sense of the phenomenon of human irrationality.
Thank you for sharing these very helpful insights.
Excellent points. Thank you Lilian.
From my perspective, human intelligence is defined concretely as the ability to construct a new, unique, accurate response to each new, unique experience which confronts each human at each moment of his or her existence.
This ability is differentiated explicitly from the ability of plants and animals to "choose"
responses from an inherited, restricted list of pre-set response patterns.
The source of human irrationality is located in the distress experiences which the human has undergone and has not been permitted to recover from completely.
All distress are acquired, repairable disfunctions.
This distinction between humans and animals has helped me make sense of the phenomenon of human irrationality.