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The Blindness We Learn: What Kittens and the Grand Inquisitor Teach Us About True Freedom

The Blindness We Learn: What Kittens and the Grand Inquisitor Teach Us About True Freedom

Jesus refused to turn stones into bread and make everyone “happy.”

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In their famous “kitten” experiment, Richard Held and Alan Hein worked with two groups of kittens. The kittens were paired — one was allowed to move freely while the other was attached to a gondola and carried around. Both kittens received the same visual stimuli, but only the active kitten could control its movements.

The results were stun…

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