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.”
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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