I'll admit I'm a big skeptic on certain popular beliefs that do the rounds, for a number of reasons or factors that attach to them.
One, lack of substantial verifiable evidence. (Example, I am YET to see even one forensic analysis based in anatomy and biological knowledge arguing that the Biden guy is not the Biden guy. It's always a layman's argument. Laymen here meaning someone who is not actually trained in the field under discussion.)
Two, emotional charge connected to the beliefs. The level of emotional attachment to certain beliefs carries, I think, a sort of tracer element. I pay a lot of attention to the emotional dimension.
Three, utilization or promotion by disreputable sources including scammers, grifters, paytriots.
Four, lack of practical applicability to the so-called 'knowledge'. In other words, does it even matter? How so? Does it make any substantial different one way or the other, in practical terms of choosing actions in the current time? In certain cases, the answer is no, and yet people still attach very .... passionately .. to the ideas.
There are a few other factors, but when they are coalesce around the same thing, for me, its a rather powerful cascade of red flags.
I don't see anything wrong per se with having beliefs, but its also important to distinguish between beliefs and objective facts.
When Trump says things like Joe is Shot, I believe he is purposely using phrases with double meanings.
There are some cases where I think this is true, but I also think that some people read too much into it, instead of balancing their interpretation in conjunction with a framework like the one I've touched on above here.
People love to believe, and they love to believe they are right. It does a lot of things, from bringing comfort, a sense of security, warding off a variety of unpleasant emotions and issues.
But because belief is such a powerful thing, that's why I try to be as circumspect as I can with it, by running my beliefs through a framework of many different definition points to check and balance. Because if I believe something, then I'm going to want to translate that into conviction and determination.
And.... the enemy is ALWAYS out to try to convince us of certain beliefs that serve him and not us.... So, I tend to be wary.
Anyway, apologies for the diatribe!
Thanks very much for your interesting and descriptive comment! Very good stuff!
Thanks for the generous comments.
I'll admit I'm a big skeptic on certain popular beliefs that do the rounds, for a number of reasons or factors that attach to them.
One, lack of substantial verifiable evidence. (Example, I am YET to see even one forensic analysis based in anatomy and biological knowledge arguing that the Biden guy is not the Biden guy. It's always a layman's argument. Laymen here meaning someone who is not actually trained in the field under discussion.)
Two, emotional charge connected to the beliefs. The level of emotional attachment to certain beliefs carries, I think, a sort of tracer element. I pay a lot of attention to the emotional dimension.
Three, utilization or promotion by disreputable sources including scammers, grifters, paytriots.
Four, lack of practical applicability to the so-called 'knowledge'. In other words, does it even matter? How so? Does it make any substantial different one way or the other, in practical terms of choosing actions in the current time? In certain cases, the answer is no, and yet people still attach very .... passionately .. to the ideas.
There are a few other factors, but when they are coalesce around the same thing, for me, its a rather powerful cascade of red flags.
I don't see anything wrong per se with having beliefs, but its also important to distinguish between beliefs and objective facts.
There are some cases where I think this is true, but I also think that some people read too much into it, instead of balancing their interpretation in conjunction with a framework like the one I've touched on above here.
People love to believe, and they love to believe they are right. It does a lot of things, from bringing comfort, a sense of security, warding off a variety of unpleasant emotions and issues.
But because belief is such a powerful thing, that's why I try to be as circumspect as I can with it, by running my beliefs through a framework of many different definition points to check and balance. Because if I believe something, then I'm going to want to translate that into conviction and determination.
And.... the enemy is ALWAYS out to try to convince us of certain beliefs that serve him and not us.... So, I tend to be wary.
Anyway, apologies for the diatribe!
Thanks very much for your interesting and descriptive comment! Very good stuff!