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Belief
11/15/2020
Most people start from a point of belief, and only after enough doubt accumulates, will they rescind their belief.
("this is true! oh wait, no it's not).
Some people start from a point of disbelief, and will only believe once enough evidence mounts to make them believe.
("this can't be true! oh wait, but it is!")
I start from a point of belief, but believe that my belief is incorrect, but act as if my belief were true until my belief is proven either true or enough evidence mounts to prove it false.
("I want this to be true, but I don't think it is... ah it looks like it is/is not true.")
Recent Articles:
11/30/2019
What I Want to Express About Decision-Making, but Can't
Where to begin?
2/15/2019
Why We're Still Christians
Behaviorally, but not ideologically.
1/10/2019
Elon Musk is Not Trying to Save the World
But he is behaviorally.
12/20/2018
Learning from your mistakes is a mistake
Two philosophical problems with the idea of learning from a mistake.
11/19/2018
The Truth is a Lie
Truth is just an ideal.
9/16/2018
I Wish They Told Me This In School
The difference between experiential and conceptual learning.
9/13/2018
What does it mean to be moved?
It means to lose control, to be compelled to act despite oneself.
8/28/2018
A Thought Piece on Contrarianism
The world is topsy-turvy, therefore ways of helping it ideologically are topsy-turvy too.
8/9/2018
Create Alone
Real creation that benefits humanity happens alone at first.
8/9/2018
Live In Earnest
Making stressful decisions can lead to happiness; peace of mind is the aftermath of moral tension.
8/9/2018
Love is the Solution
We need to re-examine our ideas about love in order to make the world a better place.
8/9/2018
A Typical Failed Startup Experience
A short story with hints of borderline and projection.
8/9/2018
A Message from God
Fictional.
8/9/2018
Judge Your Own Work
How you feel about it is important.
8/9/2018
The Ocean
An analogy for life.
8/9/2018
The pursuit of happiness is nihilistic
A passive pursuit is not a pursuit at all.
8/9/2018
Elon Musk's Ideology
The reason why Elon is a utopian anarchist-socialist-capitalist.
8/9/2018
Things I See I Wish Other People Could See
We're idiots because we're hypocrites digging our own graves.
8/9/2018
Subject Object Illusion
Dualism is a lie.
8/9/2018
A Letter to Parents
Kids should learn to decide for themselves.
Art is our portrayal of reality, of the patterns and symbols that govern our everyday lives.
"Without art, he insists, shirking no personal or collective horrors, we do not know ourselves or anyone else. Only art penetrates what pride, passion, intelligence and habit erect on all sides - the seeming realities of this world. There is another reality, the genuine one, which we lose sight of. This other reality is always sending us hints, which, without art, we can't receive. Proust calls these hints our "true impressions." The true impressions, our persistent intuitions, will, without art, be hidden from us and we will be left with nothing but a "terminology for practical ends which we falsely call life."[1]
[1]: —Saul Bellow, Nobel Laureate Speech, Source.