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Naivety (also spelled naïvety), naiveness, or naïveté is the state of being naive. It refers to an apparent or actual lack of experience and sophistication, often describing a neglect of pragmatism in favor of moral idealism. A naïve may be called a naïf.
Hanlon's razor is an adage or rule of thumb that states: [1]. Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity. It is a philosophical razor that suggests a way of eliminating unlikely explanations for human behavior.
In the field of psychology, nativism is the view that certain skills or abilities are "native" or hard-wired into the brain at birth. This is in contrast to the "blank slate" or tabula rasa view, which states that the brain has inborn capabilities for learning from the environment but does not contain content such as innate beliefs.
All pages with titles containing naive; Naïve art, art created by untrained artists, or artists aspiring to naïve realisations; Naïve realism, a theory of perception thought to be representative of most people's understanding and method of interpretation of their perceptions
Naive → Naivety – "Naive" is an adjective; the article should properly be about the concept of naivety, not the word "naive". Powers T 14:45, 14 August 2011 (UTC) The current title really only lends itself to being a dictionary definition. This article should probably be at naif. Except for the short "Science" section, that is the subject ...
The Home Secretary defended the UK’s visa system as the latest figures showed 8,600 people had successfully applied through the family scheme.
“Don’t be naive people,” Dr Phil told viewers. “Understand there’s a power play going on here.” ...
Let’s not be naive, of course, it’s uncomfortable telling someone you care about that you think they’re messy, inconsiderate, or just gosh darn wrong on a cosmic scale. However, until we ...