/lit/ - Literature

>>18186361
Yeah pretty much. Unless you actually know how things work. Pic related.

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>>18177653
>>18177639
Inability to think for themselves. And by think I mean attempt to figure things out using ideas and rearranging the things they know into "what ifs" that can come to fruition by simple rationality of the mind or real life attempts and help them succeed. It's usually a result of ignorance or arrogance, but in the same way as your perception differs from that of a dog, they have a necessarily limited range of sentience when it comes to ideas and some renounce ideas altogether.

They are either unable or unwilling to follow things to their logical conclusion to recognize an impartial truth underlying a circumstance and they are extremely unwilling to even attempt this. Because of this they never mature above the level of children and let their emotions run their lives because the petty weight of their emotions trumps whatever weight of reason or truth might also be present. They don't want to grow up so certain parts of conscious existence are simply off limits to them, and when confronted subtly with different or higher perceptions they act petty in their dismissals. So don't bother more than a few times; Mathew 7:6. Usually, it is regular, firm kicks in the ass by reality sets them straight enough to keep them from sinking into total failure and misery. Pain and Terror to them is their secret greatest teacher and they would never imagine abandoning it's tutelage for a higher prospect, because, as we know, they are unwilling to ask these "what ifs" as a basic premise.

Imagine, through every conscious challenge, a person is hanging off the edge of a cliff by one arm and willingly forgetting they have another arm they can swing up to help them climb. When reality hits them hard they are often forced to acknowledge the other arm and thus climb up, but it is never their first instinct to use both arms. Thus they may eventually meet their doom as a result of this tragic and often deliberate imperception.