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People think they think, but it’s not true. It’s mostly self-criticism that passes for thinking. True thinking is rare—just like true listening. Thinking is listening to yourself. It’s difficult. To think, you have to be at least two people at the same time. Then you have to let those people disagree. Thinking is an internal dialogue between two or more different views of the world. Viewpoint One is an avatar in a simulated world. It has its own representations of past, present and future, and its own ideas about how to act. So do Viewpoints Two, and Three, and Four. Thinking is the process by which these internal avatars imagine and articulate their worlds to one another. You can’t set straw men against one another when you’re thinking, either, because then you’re not thinking. You’re rationalizing, post-hoc. You’re matching what you want against a weak opponent so that you don’t have to change your mind. You’re propagandizing. You’re using double-speak. You’re using your conclusions to justify your proofs. You’re hiding from the truth.
Современный мир — это цитадель порядка или царство хаоса? Мы появляемся на свет, чтобы стать вольными художниками Бытия или следовать универсальным Пра­вилам? Отвечая на сложнейшие вопросы мироустройства, доктор Питерсон мастер­ски сплетает постулаты древних учений, великие литературные произведения и откровения современной науки и философии. Лобстеры непреклонны и тверды, защищая свою территорию. Шимпанзе кровожадны и склонны к иерархии. Кошки дружелюбны, но живут сами по себе.  Не теми ли...