(September 4, 2013 at 4:39 pm)Whitey Wrote: It have often wondered, why can't he/she/they see how CRAZY that idea is! No doubt others have thought the same about my thinking.
I once heard a partial theory to explain this sort of weird disconnect. It was this: our brains are such (almost said designed - whooo) that likely as a scheme to aid thinking we classify items partially as to their "truthiness". Some items or ideas get the gold standard and get the "fact" file designation, while most get descending reliability designations. Finally without proper deep and hard to come by authority, these designations, especially the "fact" ones can't be changed. What do you think?
This doesn't seem to hold water. Do you have an example you would or could use to clarify what you are saying here.
I know that I can change my mind facts and all. Nothing is stone except maybe death. I can't even prove 100% of us die. All data points to yes but the experiment is still in action so to speak.
Our minds are far more complex than this hypothesis seems to allow for. It says nothing for how so called truth is determined or why it could not be changed later.
I am not the same person in some ways that I use to be but I have changed many things about me over the years. I did this. I had the choice not to and decided I would anyway. I have changed my thinking and how I think over time. I am not stuck in one idea or even many. I will use anything and everything around me to determine what I will for myself.
In many ways there are no facts to me which is why I have never believed in religion gods deity or the whole ball. One can spread facts all over and for the most part I can probably find someone who can prove the opposite at the same time.
I decide what I call fact not some intangible thought process that doesn't seem to exist.
