400 years later their descendants are still the same, no DNA test needed. They learnt nothing. “If bill gates had any other motives he wouldn’t have given us 1 million dollars.” “If not for bill gates & his money we would all be dead. In fact he’s even Better than JC”. Dunces.
When they started taking slaves.Even the ones who captured their kin & sold to slavery thought to themselves “hmm, I’ve been selling my kin to these slavers, they’re my friends” &ended up on slave ships too. So many stories of slavers sold along with those they came to sell
I’m sure the few chiefs who told their kings to be wary, bc there’s something else they pink people aren’t telling you were called “conspiracy theorists”. Bc entertaining or processing more than 1 idea isn’t a part of the culture, surface value thinking is their forte.
I mean their ancestors thought to themselves “these pink people that came on ships giving me gin,mirrors,beads & red wrappers are our friends. If they were bad why would they give us all these shiny things. Surely they crossed the ocean to be our friends. I laugh in Kunta Kinte
Nigerians are flat landers who can only perceive the world in 2 dimensions, the 3rd dimension is a “conspiracy theory”, “heresy”, “ “a lie”. It was the downfall of their ancestors, it’s their downfall today.
This very reason is why most Nigerians think chess is a difficult game & only some super smart people know play it, when it’s just basic 3D thinking. That’s why the slum guy that’s not in the top 1k world ranking has them thinking he’s Gary Kasparov & they expected more from him.
But you see, entertaining two or more ideas that aren’t uniform or flat is where that world famous Nigerian “sharpness”. Bc all ideas & thoughts must be Uniform, ignore nuances, interests, human nature. Etc.that’s too much to ask their processors to do. It’s a classic setup.
Or to consider that there are multiple interests at play on board.Instead they can only consider one & say any other possibility presented is a lie or “conspiracy theory”
Eg.
-There’s an ongoing genocide - True
- America is coming here bc they care about you - not true.
When they won a piece, they thought they were winning & didn’t understand how they lost when it happened.They can’t process strategy.The real life equivalent plays out everyday.Most people here can only process one idea or 1 thought, everything else is a lie. Multiple can’t exist
That was the problem. Everything wasn’t flat & uniform,where only one thing can be true & only one possibility could exist, bc they can only process one thought. in the game they fixated on one piece & ignored all others pieces,only to start asking “wait, what just happened”.
The problem is that they couldn’t understand a system or game where all the pieces have different functions,operated by different rules & moved differently.The fact that at every point in the game you had to process multiple possibilities, & consider multiple threats as you move
I didn’t understand why. It’s a game like any other game.But I figured out the problem.From the people I tried to teach chess,just so I can have someone to play with. I figured the problem is that for some reason, Nigerians can’t understand complex systems. Gov’t is an example.
So I got a chess set for my 21st birthday when I Was in school. Actually a game box with 12 games. So whenever people came visiting I asked,do you play?. Many said “No” & I said it’s easy,I can teach you. I tried & tried. Only few picked it up for some reason. It’s simple.
There’s a reason more Nigerians play ludo & draft than chess.Even when there’s a chess board available. Bc they fail catastrophically at 3D & abstract thinking,I don’t think they’re even capable of it. So few are capable of it. Stay with me. Let me explain. Just wait.