Human Nature

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Human Nature

Features

What we are exposed to affects us.

... shapes us

Definition

fundamental / deep

universality

variability could be part of the definition

does not have to apply to every individual, but to most

Concept

Musings

The body-mind dualism is obsolete.

the ways the body influences the mind and vice versa are often subtle and difficult to measure

The mind (including the psyche) is a feature of our physical body. However, the whole can be more than the sum of its parts.

When we observe what phenomena human nature produces we usually get in a conflict between beliefs we hold dear and what reality looks like.