RE: new "Cult of 'Non-Beliefism' " aka (the state of being "unlocked")
December 29, 2016 at 5:12 pm
(This post was last modified: December 29, 2016 at 5:14 pm by robvalue.)
All he's saying here is that certainty is bad... right?
Of course it is. I am suspicious of anyone who posits certainty on any subject. But certainty and conditional, pragmatic beliefs are entirely different.
I believe that if I use what appears to be my brain to send a signal to what appears to be my left leg to tell it to move forward, then all being well, it will probably move forward, within the context of the assumed reality in which I appear to inhabit. If I didn't believe this to be the case, how would I go about moving without sizeable delays?
I can hold this belief without needing to be certain that any elements involved here are "real" or that the cause and effect chain is beyond question. It just works, that's all I need to know about it. As long as it works, I'll use it.
Of course it is. I am suspicious of anyone who posits certainty on any subject. But certainty and conditional, pragmatic beliefs are entirely different.
I believe that if I use what appears to be my brain to send a signal to what appears to be my left leg to tell it to move forward, then all being well, it will probably move forward, within the context of the assumed reality in which I appear to inhabit. If I didn't believe this to be the case, how would I go about moving without sizeable delays?
I can hold this belief without needing to be certain that any elements involved here are "real" or that the cause and effect chain is beyond question. It just works, that's all I need to know about it. As long as it works, I'll use it.
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