I enjoyed this a lot, thanks for articulating holistic intelligence in a clear and understandable manner. Also, I find that cats are more intelligent than dogs because they aren't domesticated. Cats just live their own bubble and couldn't care less about your attempts to control them, while dogs are trained to obey and follow their "owners" commands to the tee. Sit, fetch, give paw! Cats are free spirits and uncontrollable while dogs are controlled by humans.
Also, there are two kind of dogs, the domesticated dogs (Canis familiaris) and wolves (Canis lupus) who share a common ancestry, but have significant differences due to domestication and selective breeding. Dogs can be trained to follow commands and exhibit a desire to please their owners. Wolves are less amenable to training as they tend to be more independent and less motivated by human interaction. When faced with challenges, dogs often look to humans for assistance, while wolves rely on trial-and-error methods.
Now, these differences can be directly translated to humans: most humans are domesticated and can be trained to follow commands and exhibit a desire to please their owners. When faced with challenges, domesticated humans often look to their owners for assistance. However, there are some humans who are lot like wolves: less amenable to training as they tend to be more independent and less motivated by their owners. They roam free and can not be controlled by other humans. I believe these are the people with holistic intelligence, the gifted, and the "neurodivergents". They maintain their independent reasoning skills and do not join the group-thinking hordes our society tries to have them to submit through indoctrination - which they disguise as "education".
But being wolves in a society of dogs comes with the cost: wolves are deemed "disordered" because their behavior doesn't match domesticated dogs. They can not be controlled by their masters. Therefore, the masters of the society try to domesticate them convert them to conform to the norms and control by force, which is what we see in labeling some of us as having "anomalies" like ADHD or ASD, or the "neurodivergents". Those who can not be controlled must be changed to obey their masters. Being a wolf in a society of dogs inevidently leads to forced conversion, alienation and stigma. This is my personal experience living as a wolf in a world fof dogs or over 50 years. It's obviously been hard, but Ithe truth is I can not change my nature, nor do I allow anyone to attempt to force me to change into a domesticated dog. But I understand that I may be stronger than most in my anti-authoritarianism, and that many of my fellow wolves become forcefully converted and indoctrinated believing they are dogs and to to obey their masters commands.
I enjoyed this a lot, thanks for articulating holistic intelligence in a clear and understandable manner. Also, I find that cats are more intelligent than dogs because they aren't domesticated. Cats just live their own bubble and couldn't care less about your attempts to control them, while dogs are trained to obey and follow their "owners" commands to the tee. Sit, fetch, give paw! Cats are free spirits and uncontrollable while dogs are controlled by humans.
Also, there are two kind of dogs, the domesticated dogs (Canis familiaris) and wolves (Canis lupus) who share a common ancestry, but have significant differences due to domestication and selective breeding. Dogs can be trained to follow commands and exhibit a desire to please their owners. Wolves are less amenable to training as they tend to be more independent and less motivated by human interaction. When faced with challenges, dogs often look to humans for assistance, while wolves rely on trial-and-error methods.
Now, these differences can be directly translated to humans: most humans are domesticated and can be trained to follow commands and exhibit a desire to please their owners. When faced with challenges, domesticated humans often look to their owners for assistance. However, there are some humans who are lot like wolves: less amenable to training as they tend to be more independent and less motivated by their owners. They roam free and can not be controlled by other humans. I believe these are the people with holistic intelligence, the gifted, and the "neurodivergents". They maintain their independent reasoning skills and do not join the group-thinking hordes our society tries to have them to submit through indoctrination - which they disguise as "education".
But being wolves in a society of dogs comes with the cost: wolves are deemed "disordered" because their behavior doesn't match domesticated dogs. They can not be controlled by their masters. Therefore, the masters of the society try to domesticate them convert them to conform to the norms and control by force, which is what we see in labeling some of us as having "anomalies" like ADHD or ASD, or the "neurodivergents". Those who can not be controlled must be changed to obey their masters. Being a wolf in a society of dogs inevidently leads to forced conversion, alienation and stigma. This is my personal experience living as a wolf in a world fof dogs or over 50 years. It's obviously been hard, but Ithe truth is I can not change my nature, nor do I allow anyone to attempt to force me to change into a domesticated dog. But I understand that I may be stronger than most in my anti-authoritarianism, and that many of my fellow wolves become forcefully converted and indoctrinated believing they are dogs and to to obey their masters commands.
Cheers!