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We all pick arbritray points

Posted on: March 5, 2020 at 09:57:47 CT

meatiger MU

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in which we decide on our beliefs. We use our experience, and then basically use emotions (or make stuff up) to fill in the unknown. That becomes our belief system. We then use our belief system to frame our arguments. Some beliefs are flexible, some are very firm.

The book Liminal Thinking talks about this very well.

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Are personal beliefs based off emotion?(nm) - meatiger MU - 3/5 09:36:02

seems like a vague question, can you be more specific? - cnk ATL - 3/5 09:40:37

Can be - 4TigersinMichigan MU - 3/5 09:39:55

Swing and a miss there bud possible - raskolnikov MU - 3/5 10:09:47

So does that mean all people love puppies? - 4TigersinMichigan MU - 3/5 10:13:35

Love ?? That's a stretch - but resistant to hurt or kill - raskolnikov MU - 3/5 10:43:12

This is what I love about you rask - 4TigersinMichigan MU - 3/5 10:44:12

if someone doesn't think puppies are cute - ashtray UF - 3/5 10:14:38

I went to college with a guy who hated puppies - 4TigersinMichigan MU - 3/5 10:19:37

Undoubtedly a fully mature, developed 19 yr old right(nm) - raskolnikov MU - 3/5 10:43:57

WOOOOOSH!!! (nm) - ashtray UF - 3/5 12:11:32

Good lord rask - 4TigersinMichigan MU - 3/5 10:44:54

LOL (nm) - ashtray UF - 3/5 10:20:17

Interested to hear your gravity belief(nm) - eatatjoes MU - 3/5 09:43:08

Some of gravity is bullsh*t - 4TigersinMichigan MU - 3/5 09:44:19

some are, yes (nm) - pickle MU

- 3/5 09:36:44

Give an example of one that's not(nm) - eatatjoes MU - 3/5 09:38:25

I believe in coyotes and time as an abstract (nm) - pickle MU

- 3/5 09:44:40

I believe the poles are shifting (nm) - pickle MU

- 3/5 09:42:03

I believe my shirt is wearing thin (nm) - pickle MU

- 3/5 09:41:23

i believe my throat hurts (nm) - pickle MU

- 3/5 09:40:32

is that what meatiger means by "personal beliefs"? - cnk ATL - 3/5 09:43:20

you are correct - meatiger MU - 3/5 09:45:08

no idea where you were trying to go with your question - pickle MU

- 3/5 09:58:32

RE: no idea where you were trying to go with your question - meatiger MU - 3/5 10:00:29

Do you personally believe in gravity and in a spherical - 4TigersinMichigan MU - 3/5 10:09:41

There's plenty of proof out there that the world is round - eatatjoes MU - 3/5 10:28:37

Sure it is - 4TigersinMichigan MU - 3/5 10:31:17

The people that think the world is flat are really - eatatjoes MU - 3/5 10:36:36

Agreed - 4TigersinMichigan MU - 3/5 10:46:02

Not really sure where to start but here we go - cnk ATL - 3/5 09:53:04

We all pick arbritray points - meatiger MU - 3/5 09:57:47

Are beliefs and knowledge different things? - eatatjoes MU - 3/5 09:41:50

Lincoln's belief that people from ks are stupid (nm) - SwampTiger MU - 3/5 09:40:16

"I don't get it." (nm) - DC Jayhawk KU - 3/5 09:54:10

That's the only one I could think of(nm) - eatatjoes MU - 3/5 09:41:05

natural rights and one’s morality informed by them - pickle MU

- 3/5 09:39:21

Descartes didn't have ANY emotion?(nm) - eatatjoes MU - 3/5 09:40:24

“i think, therefore i am” is based in logic and reason - pickle MU

- 3/5 09:42:55

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