We have inherited a model of human thinking that emphasises individual genius and “great men”
and “great women”
logically this doesn’t make sense. We all stand on the shoulders of those who came before us.
Think about language, we don’t “self-make” language we learn language and participate in its evolution
A human baby without nurture or culture is a small naked dead mammal somewhere in a jungle
There is some interesting material about how humans think, together
Lets summarise the extended mind thesis
The Argumentative theory of human reasoning