[Carry_Okie]

We live in an era, in other words, “defined less by what it sees than by what the structure of its knowledge and the framework of its expectations render invisible.”

Close, but not quite.

Modern Western reality was transformed by Wilhelm Wundt's psychological thesis amplified through public education, which processes children into adults that integrate sensation emotionally, not intellectually. It is actually absorbing information via a different pathway through the the amygdala in the brain and then to the hippocampus. Those pathways are converted first to long term memory, and are repeated until transformed into implicit memory; i.e., with a response set no longer involving either volition or consideration.

[spankalib]

That is a very interesting post. I hope also somewhat enlightening (for me, anyway) :)

I'm not sure what this means though: ...that integrate sensation emotionally, not intellectually.

If you find time to explain, I would appreciate it!