Plot Twist http://aeon.co/magazine/psychology/how-a-hero-narrative-can-transform-the-self/ … <- A very interesting article, but I don't think he makes the right conclusion.
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Replying to @nouswaves
@sebinsua I'm certainly willing to grant that there may be something of value buried under all those of unwarranted "we" statements >1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @schakalsynthetc
@sebinsua < but when an author spends that many words implicitly narrowing their audience I have to assume they won't mind if I ignore them1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @schakalsynthetc
@schakalsynthetc Author seemed underconfident to me.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @nouswaves
@sebinsua author seems quite confident that "we" are all middle class, cis, white (or close enough), able-bodied and neurotypical, to me1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @schakalsynthetc
@sebinsua "our brains conjure the illusion of order; they wrench a plot from the chaos and place us heroically at its centre" ... >1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @schakalsynthetc
@sebinsua < what other audience could recognize itself in that statement?2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @schakalsynthetc
@schakalsynthetc Oh, yes. Solipsistic. His need to feel "illusion of control" (as well as prior neediness) signifies underconfidence to me.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
@schakalsynthetc Does circumscribe "we" though. Article is presumably meant to not be a critique of his belief but anecdotes supporting it.
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