PyramidHead
Contributor
I think that we have an in-built reflex when we observe somebody struggling with a mental task we have already solved. Probably because we evolved in groups, our natural reaction is to think less of the person who doesn't assimilate new information as rapidly as we'd like (of course, there is also a competing instinct, equally natural, to help this person with the problem).
Your analysis seems to veer into determinism about mental states. I don't necessarily disagree, but it almost implies that nobody should be ridiculed for anything, since at the base, nobody has as much control over their brains as they normally think.
Your analysis seems to veer into determinism about mental states. I don't necessarily disagree, but it almost implies that nobody should be ridiculed for anything, since at the base, nobody has as much control over their brains as they normally think.