Jesuslightoftheworld
The world has nothing to offer us!
I totally would want to know, ignorance is not bliss.
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EVERYONE PLEASE WEIGH IN: If what you believed was wrong, would you want to know?
- Thread starter Jesuslightoftheworld
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I would want to know, but you haven’t tied this in with any theological concept yet
I would rather know.
Cool. Do we get robes?
This isn't going to be a death cult I hope. My last two were.
PureX
Veteran Member
What I "believe" is almost certainly wrong, as that's the inevitable result of not being omniscient. And I already know it. Which is why "believing in" stuff is of no great consequence to me.
exchemist
Veteran Member
I'm not sure, when you put it that way, that any respondent is likely to say they will choose ignorance.
But that is not how it happens in real life. We see all around us evidence of people who choose not to confront reality, whether it be climate change, or the reasons why Boeing's 737 Max crashed, or Trump's corruption.
What actually happens is that all of us live in a twilight world of competing claims about the nature of reality. We inevitably make choices about which claims seem, to us, to be credible. These choices are influenced by our social framework, other related beliefs, subconscious biases towards our own self-interest, and so on. A significant part of formal education is concerned with enabling people to be aware of these biases and correct for them. But even so, we are never immune to bias.
Yes.
Apologies for the verbose response.
Apologies for the verbose response.
Yes. Better to know and learn than live in ignorance
Aupmanyav
Be your own guru
Your nick itself tells me of your truth. Need no more details.
Howard Is
Lucky Mud
Please don’t tell us you were the only survivor.
I'm not sure, when you put it that way, that any respondent is likely to say they will choose ignorance.
Yet many will choose ignorance, albeit unwittingly. But then again, there are those that will choose it willingly, but simply won't admit it.
Perhaps we won't be completely immune given our nature, but those who are aware of these biases have a much better chance of moving past them.
A Vestigial Mote
Well-Known Member
I would definitely want to know. As an atheist, I simply disbelieve all the claims about the realities of any God/gods. So to "know" would mean I would know the truth about all of that stuff instead. As it stands, I do not know. I have my suspicions, but my true stance is simply not knowing (and being extremely distrusting/skeptical of people who claim they DO know). To know would simply mean I would know the truth, regardless what that ends up being.
I so agree.
Ignorance _may_ be confortable, but even that is a precarious advantage, if it is an advantage at all.
exchemist
Veteran Member
Yes, and of course in science there is a formal system for trying to eliminate bias from observations of nature. In history it can't be formal, but students of the subject are taught the importance of different perspectives on the same issue.Yet many will choose ignorance, albeit unwittingly. But then again, there are those that will choose it willingly, but simply won't admit it.
Perhaps we won't be completely immune given our nature, but those who are aware of these biases have a much better chance of moving past them.