Feb 24, 2017 1:56 PM
“Great men, even during their lifetime, are usually known to the public only through a fictitious personality.”
-Walter Lippmann
For many people, President Donald Trump presents an enigma.
Our brains seek to put labels on other humans. The labels we have readily available to us can come from nature (black, male, old, fertile, weak, etc.) and from nurture (liberal, Republican, foreign, racist, wealthy, ignorant, lazy, dangerous, etc.). This labeling, categorizing, or naming, is part of the normal mental process of stereotyping, and is a valuable survival skill and evolutionary advantage, despite what you may have been taught.
