I would say the problem is in holding the ideas as absolutes. Normies tend to form a rigid worldview and then attack things outside their belief structure. The normie mind can’t form nuanced thoughts such as “normally risk should be avoided, but this is a moment where it makes sense” or “normally I think via convention, but the outcome of my wealth, health and happiness will be greater if I go back to the drawing board and reexamine these things from first principles” It all just goes in the bucket of scary thing that exists outside the normal pattern. So I’ll avoid it.

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An inability to adjust to circumstances outside of the norm, yes. To hold fast to the rule, but still allow for exceptions and be unperturbed by them. In the other thread, we were ruminating upon the limits of intelligence, and this is the sort of thing where MOAR SMARTER doesn't equate to better outcomes because intelligence doesn't automatically lead to an ease in suspending disbelief. Only creativity or divergent thinking can do that. That, essentially is what that IQ/midwit meme is about, but what is being reflected is not IQ. It just correlates with it.