The Hardened Mind

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  • Mastery –– Robert Greene
    • [[The Hardened Mind]]
      • If we feel like we know something, our minds close off to other possibilities. We see reflections of the truth we have already assumed.
      • Children are generally free of these handicaps. They are dependent upon adults for their survival and naturally feel inferior. This sense of inferiority gives them a hunger to learn.
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    • [[The Hardened Mind]] These include a sense of smugness and superiority whenever we encounter something alien to our ways, as well as rigid ideas about what is real or true, often indoctrinated in us by schooling or family. If we feel like we know something, our minds close off to other possibilities. We see reflections of the truth we have already assumed. Such feelings of superiority are often unconscious and stem from a fear of what is different or unknown. We are rarely aware of this, and often imagine ourselves to be paragons of impartiality.
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