I would like to add one last thing here which I think is important. I think my personality plays a big role in my lack of conviction towards any given claim whether it be the claims of skeptics of this being the one and only life or claims of the paranormal. When, for example, fundamentalist Christians tell me to use a shortcut to arrive at the truth that we are all sinners worthy of hell unless we repent, I tell these Christians that I will not be trapped inside their box. As a result, I do not buy into their shortcut methods. The same idea applies to the skeptics.
I also don't buy into their shortcut methods at arriving at what they think is the truth. Even though I would really want there to be the blissful afterlife of my dreams, I have to also apply this same mindset to paranormal researchers who claim that there is a blissful afterlife for all of us. As you can see here, I do not fit into any one's box. I am outside of the box which means no shortcut method can ever trap me into any one of these boxes (worldviews). Thus, I am put into a position where I think that the only true way to arrive at the truth is not through these shortcut methods, but instead through full research.
I also don't buy into their shortcut methods at arriving at what they think is the truth. Even though I would really want there to be the blissful afterlife of my dreams, I have to also apply this same mindset to paranormal researchers who claim that there is a blissful afterlife for all of us. As you can see here, I do not fit into any one's box. I am outside of the box which means no shortcut method can ever trap me into any one of these boxes (worldviews). Thus, I am put into a position where I think that the only true way to arrive at the truth is not through these shortcut methods, but instead through full research.
