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How often do your beliefs change?
January 21, 2022 at 9:56 am
I would say my beliefs, or at least some of them, change every few months. For instance, just a few months ago, I thought the afterlife might be a real thing, but now I'm pretty sure it's not. I always have to wonder if my beliefs will keep changing indefinitely, and end up becoming overwhelmingly abstract, or if there's an end to this belief changing that I haven't reached yet.
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RE: How often do your beliefs change?
January 21, 2022 at 11:28 am
Whenever its necessary.
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RE: How often do your beliefs change?
January 21, 2022 at 11:39 am
Whenever I get new information that better explains something.
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RE: How often do your beliefs change?
January 21, 2022 at 11:43 am
Every 30 minutes or so.
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RE: How often do your beliefs change?
January 21, 2022 at 12:08 pm
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RE: How often do your beliefs change?
January 21, 2022 at 12:19 pm
Whenever I get new information
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RE: How often do your beliefs change?
January 21, 2022 at 12:37 pm
(January 21, 2022 at 9:56 am)Ahriman Wrote: I would say my beliefs, or at least some of them, change every few months. For instance, just a few months ago, I thought the afterlife might be a real thing, but now I'm pretty sure it's not. I always have to wonder if my beliefs will keep changing indefinitely, and end up becoming overwhelmingly abstract, or if there's an end to this belief changing that I haven't reached yet.
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Why is it so?
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RE: How often do your beliefs change?
January 21, 2022 at 1:05 pm
My beliefs change stochastically about 25 times each second. However, since my decisions process often occur over a considerable longer period than 1/25 second, what comes through are an average of my beliefs over some number of seconds, which tend to be somewhat less volatile than my beliefs.
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RE: How often do your beliefs change?
January 21, 2022 at 1:20 pm
My beliefs change whenever enough information contrary to my former beliefs accumulates to convince me otherwise. I used to be a Republican, then I was a Libertarian, now I'm a Democrat. I sued to be a Pentecostal, then I was an agnostic theist, then I was an atheist. I used to think alien abductions, ancient aliens, Bigfoot, ESP, ghosts, and the Loch Ness monster were all real, now I don't. I was all of those things for years before I changed my mind.
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RE: How often do your beliefs change?
January 21, 2022 at 2:23 pm
I used to be more of a Picard guy, but these days I lean Kirk.