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Re: A cure for gullibility [Re: FlowerofTitania]
    #23488575 - 07/29/16 08:30 AM (7 years, 5 months ago)

I think it would be a fair statement to say that your realizing your own gullibility is a step in the right direction itself. If only more people would naturally question themselves and the way they think, the world might be leaps and bounds ahead of where it is now. You're already questioning things, you could easily be well on your way to learning how to think critically. For some people, (arguably most) that only comes with formal university level education. If you find yourself questioning things to the point that you don't know what's real anymore, pick up a beginners physics book and go bananas.

As a one, Carl Sagan put it, "The brain is like a muscle. When it is in use we feel very good. Understanding is joyous." as well as
"skeptical scrutiny is the means, in both science and religion by which deep thoughts can be winnowed from deep nonsense."

And if you overthink overthinking, you're just going to tire yourself out. Instead, go forth and learn stuff about the universe. Stimulate yourself intellectually. Take that "crazy" and harvest it, utilize it, turn it into something useful and fun. To a confused, inquisitive, thirsty mind, new knowledge based in reason is practically the water. Thinking critically can be thought of as an acquired skill that like learning new mathematical concepts, or a new language, once you have some of it down, you start to see bigger pictures, finding patterns on various scales, and those new ways of learning through application, start to come naturally and you can build upon them, finding more new ways of thinking and applying logic. Like getting an ear for a language, or developing powerful algebra.

Break the cycle, rise above, focus on science.

Don't take my word for it. These are just some thoughts that came to mind having read your initial few posts. Use your noggin, it's what it's there for.

BTW, that link you posted stinks to high hell of shit straight from the bull's butthole, but you figured that out with relative ease. How? With logic. Floating up there in your head, buckets of readily available logic to put out that flaming pile of bullshit.


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InvisibleHuehuecoyotl
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Re: A cure for gullibility [Re: FlowerofTitania]
    #23488905 - 07/29/16 10:38 AM (7 years, 5 months ago)

If you KNOW it is happening then you can stop or reduce this behavior. As for myself. I am convinced that only I am smart enough to be right so I believe little that others say...lol.


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Re: A cure for gullibility [Re: Into The Woods]
    #23489921 - 07/29/16 05:22 PM (7 years, 5 months ago)

Quote:

Into The Woods said:
I think it would be a fair statement to say that your realizing your own gullibility is a step in the right direction itself. If only more people would naturally question themselves and the way they think, the world might be leaps and bounds ahead of where it is now. You're already questioning things, you could easily be well on your way to learning how to think critically. For some people, (arguably most) that only comes with formal university level education. If you find yourself questioning things to the point that you don't know what's real anymore, pick up a beginners physics book and go bananas.

As a one, Carl Sagan put it, "The brain is like a muscle. When it is in use we feel very good. Understanding is joyous." as well as
"skeptical scrutiny is the means, in both science and religion by which deep thoughts can be winnowed from deep nonsense."

And if you overthink overthinking, you're just going to tire yourself out. Instead, go forth and learn stuff about the universe. Stimulate yourself intellectually. Take that "crazy" and harvest it, utilize it, turn it into something useful and fun. To a confused, inquisitive, thirsty mind, new knowledge based in reason is practically the water. Thinking critically can be thought of as an acquired skill that like learning new mathematical concepts, or a new language, once you have some of it down, you start to see bigger pictures, finding patterns on various scales, and those new ways of learning through application, start to come naturally and you can build upon them, finding more new ways of thinking and applying logic. Like getting an ear for a language, or developing powerful algebra.

Break the cycle, rise above, focus on science.

Don't take my word for it. These are just some thoughts that came to mind having read your initial few posts. Use your noggin, it's what it's there for.

BTW, that link you posted stinks to high hell of shit straight from the bull's butthole, but you figured that out with relative ease. How? With logic. Floating up there in your head, buckets of readily available logic to put out that flaming pile of bullshit.


:twocents:




"The most insidious thing in the world is nonsense that sounds just plausible enough to listen to."

I feel like that's me in a nutshell. I try to question, but I get nagging thoughts like "what if I'm wrong?" I know that link (and to be honest that entire site) is bullshit. But I worry that I'm wrong. That I'm not smart enough to take it apart, or that I'm not confident in my ability to argue against it. This leads to me faltering and accepting such bullshit as truth, despite logic saying otherwise.

If it's a skill then I'm in dire need of training. I never really questioned things before and even then I am afraid to take a stand and be wrong about it. Yes I could be right, but being wrong is more terrifying.

Quotes get me all the time because I view them as some arcane wisdom from people who have made a place in history (despite the fact that just because someone said it doesn't make it true, but that's not how I see it).


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