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opposite of systematizing is vivid assertions (kenneth clark's civilisation)pic.twitter.com/UPw7XHAafG
the opposite of systematizing is not empathizing - their correlation is close to zero https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Akio_Wakabayashi/publication/6620713_Empathizing_and_systemizing_in_adults_with_and_without_autism_spectrum_conditions_cross-cultural_stability/links/547d71f10cf27ed978623ba6.pdf …pic.twitter.com/mvMkvmYI0E
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both systematizing and (creation of and response to) vivid assertions are ways of using abstraction
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both are often bad, both have the potential to solve problems and improve social cohesion
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systematizing is generally descriptive - abstracting from observation. vivid assertions are generally prescriptive.
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"all humanity is one big family" is a vivid assertion that uses two abstractions (and tries to shoehorn one into the other by force)
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modernity requires systematizing, but there is a strong current of anti-systematizing, rejecting all categorieshttps://twitter.com/realpeerreview/status/770384294162247680 …
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it makes sense for our brains to be both susceptible to, and have defenses against, both systematizing and vivid assertions
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(90% of everything is crap, but that 10% is pretty valuable)
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"anti-systematizers are coming to take away our calculators" makes a better story though, I'm going with that
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