But given that most people are happy living productive lives while simultaneously nominally carrying around massively conflicted worldviews, what is it that makes certain individuals not capable of this fairly common human feat?
I do think this is a bit of self-flattery. All people carry massively conflicted worldviews, not just most. And thus there are no individuals incapable of this feat. I would argue that the only people who don’t carry conflicted worldviews are those who are incapable of carrying worldviews at all. The question should be: what causes some people to focus on correcting this particular conflict, while others let it pass and focus on some other conflict (or, in some cases, don’t bother resolving conflicts at all).
I do think this is a bit of self-flattery. All people carry massively conflicted worldviews, not just most. And thus there are no individuals incapable of this feat. I would argue that the only people who don’t carry conflicted worldviews are those who are incapable of carrying worldviews at all. The question should be: what causes some people to focus on correcting this particular conflict, while others let it pass and focus on some other conflict (or, in some cases, don’t bother resolving conflicts at all).