It's interesting that you took it that way. That wasn't what I was thinking when I wrote it. I'm wondering if the reason we tend to jump towards the worst conclusions is a self preservation instinct. Our 'stranger danger' instincts might make us more inclined to do so. Yet young children and, in my experience, some of the mentally handicapped with what we'd class as younger mental ages, show little fear in approaching strangers, even those who we might see as not very nice people. No matter what has been said about someone, their default is that they are a nice person and they sometimes aren't even fazed when they person isn't nice to them, so continue to be a friend whether they want it or not.
While many often see simple minded people as being under developed in their minds, I often see it more as them having a simpler way of thinking, rather than the overthinking that many of us do. While this may be more obvious in the immature and the mentally handicapped, there are others who have this way of thinking and it seems to serve them well in that they are generally happier people, without all that excessive worrying about whether someone is a terrible person or not and falling into negative thought patterns. A simple mind or simple way of thinking actually seems more a more intelligent approach.
Perhaps another little story about the happiness side of this, which was another thing that promoted me to add that sentence as food for thought. My husband works with an incredibly intelligent man. He has a PhD and was a professor in a British university. However, he struggles to simplify things and over complicates, which can end up with him being unable to solve certain problems and makes him feel like he's the only one who can do everything, because no-one else understands things at his level. This leaves him continually frustrated, stressed and he can tend to lash out at others. Due to this he ends up alienating himself which can make him feel unhappy. He's currently on stress leave.
I guess my thoughts were along the lines of wondering if we might not be better off simplifying our minds. Ironically while once again over thinking on things! 🤣
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This is why brevity is the soul of wit.
Not much wit here then! I was far too long winded!! 🤣
O, were I as concise as are you =)