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“Fundamental thinking” What is really the fundamental nature of your decision? Go to the most useful reductionist view of things; the kind the nerds think about when they hit the bong — eg “we are ultimately bouncing atoms in empty space” etc — and try to reason upwards.

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As children, they were integrated with exceptional adults—and were taken seriously by them. When Bertrand Russell, at five years old, refused to believe the earth was round, his grandparents didn’t laugh him off—they called in the vicar of the parish to reason Bertrand out of his misconception.

Childhoods of exceptional people - by Henrik Karlsson

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