(August 16, 2013 at 3:14 am)Undeceived Wrote: We see if our experiences fit within a coherent worldview, and bam!—belief is born. Have you been in a meaningful relationship? Tell me if you came to the realization of your girl’s love for you any differently. Did you make the conclusion out of ignorance, saying, “I cannot think of what she may be gaining by making me a sandwich, so she must love me.” Or did you say, “She doesn’t love me until she proves it beneath a yet-to-be-invented brain emotion scanner.” Or were you more deliberative, weighing all the evidence, even though you could never be completely sure that she’s not just playing you?
Maybe his girl just opened her pie hole and told him, foregoing all that mental masturbation in guessing? Comparing a relationship with a real person to a figment of your imagination hardly seems relevant.
