#native realism

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Walking the Clouds: An Anthology of Indigenous Science Fiction (Sun Tracks) [Grace L. Dillon] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. In this first-ever anthology of Indigenous science fiction Grace Dillon collects some of the finest examples of the craft with contributions by Native American

Reading this very wonderful book. Taking notes. Feeling very inspired and also lamenting at how racist academia is, that I know so little about Indigenous scholarship/scholarship by Indigenous folks.

[evokit-notes]

It just seems plain as day [...] that everyone is influenced by ideology and self-interest. Except for me. I see things as they are. _ If I could nominate one candidate for "biggest obstacle to world peace and social harmony," it would be naive realism [who think they see the world directly rather than via perceptual and cognitive biases, as typified by the above paragraph] because it is so easily ratcheted up from the individual to the group level: My group is right because we see things as they are. Those who disagree are obviously biased by their religion, their ideology, or their self-interest. Naive realism gives us a world full of good and evil, and this brings us to the most disturbing implication of the sages' advice about hypocrisy: Good and evil do not exist outside of our beliefs about them.

Jonathan Haidt | The happiness Hypothesis | p.71