What quantum mechanics can tell us about thinking, progress, and politics.

“Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?”
— Mary Oliver

I was going to title this piece “Why Trump Is Stupid.” Then I thought that the real problem is that we’re being taught to be stupid by the coterie of Trump’s stupid agents. But both Trump and his people will be gone one day, and the real problem is that we don’t distinguish stupidness, which is a choice, from shortsightedness, which is a habit. And so I settled on the title above…

People need to consider the dangers of small-minded, short-sighted thinking. It’s an evolutionary process you invest in regardless of its flaws. We learn as individuals and cultures by making mistakes and then correcting them. Trump is just another mistake we can learn from. Learn from your mistakes!

Politics
Physics
Quantum Mechanics
Showing False, What Was Claimed True,
About What Was Insufficient
Cats, Mice, and Spinning Particles
Tastes Like Chicken. Smells Like Rat
The Easiest Solution: Denial
The Real Rat

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