1-1a2 Our mind is flexible 1-1a2c Everett on Aristotle - He is responsible for the characterization of the mind as a blank slate (‘Mind is in a sense potentially whatever is thinkable, though actually it is nothing until it has thought’) 1-1a2a1 Human nature is variable (Cultures ⇒ Flexible human brains ⇒ Variable dark matters ⇒ Variable ‘human natures’ ⇒ Cultures …) 12-1d Flexible media will surface contingency 10-2g2c1 Symbols are universal. Being arbitrary and contingent means it can represent anything, and do everything. 8-1b3c Software is a highly plastic flexible medium and almost any economic model that can be dreamed up can be implemented in software 2-1a1a8 ‘Tendency to overestimate consistency of behavior’ - Behavior of others are often not innate-intentional but situational 1-1a2a2 The inexplicit and unconscious is also NOT innately structured 9-2b5 Universality per se is never enough 1-1a2d An innate capacity to learn ≠ Specific (‘parochial’) knowledge 9-2b3e1 Our ideas are acquired by living and thinking