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 (DIR) Post #Adc7hh3Oo5bAaE93Bo by brent@thecanadian.social
       2024-01-07T16:06:03Z
       
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       Too few people ask themselves, "Why do I believe what I believe?"
       
 (DIR) Post #Adc7hiVnNzuJ6aRF5c by brent@thecanadian.social
       2024-01-07T16:25:27Z
       
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       Our main assumption about reality is: there are things; we experience them, and then we identify them. We accept their existence—we believe in them—based on evidence.Rarely do we consider alternative interpretations of that evidence. Rarely do we question our assumptions about the causes of phenomena. We accept readily available explanations.Rarely do we discover the existence of things for ourselves. Typically, we inherit our beliefs from other people, and the culture we grow up in.
       
 (DIR) Post #Adc7hjsAKJOZKFucb2 by brent@thecanadian.social
       2024-01-07T16:31:11Z
       
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       Two people may have different explanations for a phenomenon they have both experienced. The likelihood is not that one is wrong and the other is right. Both are probably partly right, and partly wrong.But that is not how either of them are likely to cope with disagreement. Rather, they will each assert their flawed belief—denying their opponent's—more strongly, and fight. One may win, or they might reach a stalemate, until a third person integrates their views, fights them, and wins.