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[Thales750]

Were you born yesterday?

No, and in the last 2/3 of a century i have learned how to practice critical and out-of-the-box thinking. Actually, out of the box came before critical. Critical requires self analysis. Something many people never achieve.

Beliefs are a dangerous thing, they inhibit growth and blind one to ideas that could conceivably change their lives forever.

 

[Pat Hartman]

Beliefs are a dangerous thing, they inhibit growth and blind one to ideas that could conceivably change their lives forever.

You are of course referring to beliefs you don't hold, right Because your beliefs are "truth".

 

[Thales750]

You are of course referring to beliefs you don't hold, right Because your beliefs are "truth".

Facts are purer than beliefs. All you need for truth is to have beliefs and ignore everything else.

 

[Jon]

Facts are purer than beliefs. All you need for truth is to have beliefs and ignore everything else.

There is a question of which facts you believe to be true. You have to go through your mental filter to decide what is a fact and what is not. This filter is subjective. And perhaps that is why Democrats and Republicans can come to completely different views on exactly the same topic.

The earth was flat, fact. according to nearly everyone. Until it wasn't.

"Ahah, but now we know it is roundish, so that is a fact!" Wait a minute, what if we are in a simulation and in fact the earth is just binary data?

 

[Jon]

i have learned how to practice critical and out-of-the-box thinking.

Don't forget in-the-box thinking because outside the box thinking might be wrong.