They need to recognize and account for details in the vastly different way one subset in particular interprets information. While the intellectual generally believes that factual info is the most rational way to achieve mankind’s vital interests, this group “prefers” to hear news that doesn’t conflict with preconcieved views one would expect from someone raised on a steady diet of religious, ethnic, and ‘nationalist’ myths & legends.

By “prefer” I don’t mean they like to be lied to, but that they will go to any extreme in an effort to deny — both to themselves and the world — news that’s incompatible with these preconceptions.

The lack of empathy, the paranoia, militancy, susceptibly to suggestion, continued use of fundementalism…all this suggests to me that these are people who use the older areas of the brain far more than others who use the more recently evolved areas.

We use intellect to suppress hyper-stimulated lower-brain functions. The reason why is that its not a particularly ‘civilized’ brain down there.

So when people start electing Presidents who proudly announce their dependence on ‘gut instincts’ (read that “reptilian brain”) it doesn’t take the full cerbral cortex choir to deduce this is a recipe for real disaster.
Time for a little remodeling of the gene pool. It looks pretty clear to me that the Technology Team is leaving the Socio-biological Behaviours Team waaaayy back in the Neolithic dust. Some ‘outside interference’ might be the only way to keep the “Living Games” (trdmrk) alive.