Lexie wrote on 8th House Brains / Social Psychology:

“Initially, I was offended at the ‘20-something’ reference (my problem, not yours). When you hear something like that in a work setting, it’s usually someone from another generation seeking to elevate themselves above another purely on the basis of age and ‘this-is-how-it’s-been-done’….”

Ah! Thanks for mentioning that, Lexie, it made me realize this was posted out of context.

The reason age was mentioned was that it is my theory that the methods that have been taught to certain generations are ineffectual in this arena. This is not a remark on the intelligence of someone younger than me. It is a remark on the phenomena of the how widespread and pervasive the damage when bad ideas or flawed methods go so mainstream they are taught to intelligent people in college which leads to exactly the scene I described.

I am sorry if I offended anyone. It is not the 20 year old who is flawed it’s the education. If it’s drummed into you that green is blue… if you are rewarded for saying green is blue and then someone stands up and says blue is blue, you are going to have a problem because somewhere in you, you know that in fact, blue is blue. But to do anything about it…

Well that’s where your brain cracks and not many people want to crack their brains so we all just keep pretending the green is blue… until there is another shift in the collective.