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# Simplistic Thinking

## [If It Only Was That Simple: The Illusion Of Explanatory Depth](https://realbalance.com/if-it-only-was-that-simple-the-illusion-of-explanatory-depth)

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**When faced with overwhelming, frightening and ultimately complex problems we tend to search for simplistic answers**. Perhaps this is an adaptive attempt originating in the deep part of our brain known as the amygdala, where fear triggers our survival instincts (and our flight/fight/freeze response). In our ancestral days near our cave, taking action to freeze, run or fight like…

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