Thought before Thought: The final fine-tuning of a baseball bat, the last feather touch of a basketball shot, catching something knocked over before it falls, are all examples of “thought” before language has a chance to form (called the reptile brain by some, added August 11, 2016)
Current Shibboleths
1. Innate behavior, appearance, or condition should not be illegal, immoral, unethical, or disparaged
2. Physically harmful behavior should be stopped and punished by authorities, usually the state
3. (Anything?) tied to harmful behavior should be stopped and punished often if it is based on deceit.
4. Agreements should be honored
5. Coercion is bad
6. Partial differential equations are the best means to describe change, both spatial and temporal
7. Time moves forward
8. Scientism
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