Yeah but most people aren’t great thinkers

Thereby they can grow unlike most humans

They possess *mind*, in the Aristotelean sense.

A rare faculty amongst the mass.

So, when I'm generous I consider all those to be proto-humans

@WWM can you grow with only a bias forcing you

not the urge to think

what

Can we grow with bias forcing us?
Rather than the positive impetus to think?

yes

not to entertain other thoughts

whatever, I was (mostly) just joking

So, bias being tradition, cultural impositions, etc?

yes

and I say mostly because I believe there is a small amount of cope in there

lol

instinct too

is that a bad thing?

The answer is no.

If that's the *only* thing driving you, no

You will stay in that box

And defend against all comers

But what if it's a really big box tho

But

Actually

because id actually vouch for people having a bias

because it shows they care in a way

that they want to utilize science and not just make more of it

or philosophy

If we think to the early days of the Church, in its confronting Islam, we actually see how the formulations the Church fathers came up with to defend Christian dogma and policy *in the face of Muslim denial of revelation* actually helped lead to the Renaissance.

But

Those Fathers, from a defensive mode for sure, did strive outward towards new thought.

das gud, mang

So you can strive outwards into new thought from a defensive rather than exploratory disposition.

But what if you just innovate your new thought constantly

I know

into something better and better

just be aware of why you're on here

and not other thoughts

I don't quite know what you're asking

Just build on your own bias