Skeptical Empiricist Posted August 5, 2015 Posted August 5, 2015 I need a little help. I am trying to find an idea that Stef mentioned on a podcast. I just can't remember that podcast. In the podcast, Stef proposed that a certain type of rationality was bred out of the group, while another type of rationality was left in. As I remember it, workers in the tribe need to be rational about the “real world,” or concrete existence – otherwise they'd be “burying pigs to create more pigs.” But in the realm of ideas, the workers needed to be irrational so that they wouldn't question their rulers and priests. Anybody that questioned the chief would be ostracized. Does anyone know where that podcast is or what the title of it might be? Also, since it was an idea that was not fully fleshed out, has anyone heard a follow up to this? It might fall under “evolutionary psychology” but I don't know. I don't have a great grasp on the subject to describe it here, but I think it included the idea that woman had to be the prime targets of propaganda. If women were brain washed, then they would deny their eggs to men that were rational in the realm of ideas. Sorry this is so wordy and poorly written. Thanks.
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