RE: How could we trust our consciousness ?!
December 27, 2018 at 10:51 am
(This post was last modified: December 27, 2018 at 10:57 am by Alan V.)
(December 27, 2018 at 2:16 am)zainab Wrote:(December 26, 2018 at 6:42 am)Thoreauvian Wrote: We can't, thus science and logic. Welcome to the world of skeptics.
I don't want to be a skeptic.
I will feel that I am paralyzed. I will not be able to take any action or even take a stand in any case !!!!
Skeptics emphasize the unreliability of human perceptions and assumptions among other things. However, that doesn't paralyze us in most cases because we still understand we must all act by our best guesses, by probabilities rather than certainties. Think of skepticism as a variety of humility in the face of the facts. Even mistakes can be useful feedback.
Skepticism is also a big motivator for certain kinds of action, like learning more and being more careful, rather than jumping to conclusions based on too little information or cultural and personal prejudices.
(December 27, 2018 at 4:11 am)zainab Wrote: Our consciousness was not designed to realize the world .. It grew up and evolved for our survival
A highly developed consciousness is just one of many evolved strategies for survival among various species. It has also lent itself to understanding the world in remarkable detail, as a bonus. We just have to be careful in how we apply it. Thus science and logic.
