Throughout periods of history––humans have believed in false things, together, because they leaned on each other to secure them from the darkness.
We lean on the false certainties of the collective because we feel secure that group verification, alone, is evidence of verifiable truth.
We lean on the false certainties of the collective because we feel secure that group verification, alone, is evidence of verifiable truth.
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As an expert in highly intelligent people, I can tell you your assumption here is not at all consistently correct. I understand that may seem counter-intuitive.
I study intelligent people, also. But as someone who skipped the 6th grade & went to college at 16, I always found standardized tests as a poor example of intelligence.
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The higher the ability to think with complexity, the more *potential* to hold multiple, complex contradictory thoughts.
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As an adult I can now accept this ambiguity, mostly.
As a youth, I battled depression and my existential crisis caused by NOT knowing… and that is the only thing I do know…. Is that I don’t know😬
Confirmation bias has lead to fatal results over the years.
We need to learn from them, from history and use critical thinking 💙🙏💕
Ouch!
Essentially, your body is growing for the first 30 years and decaying every year after that.
Unless there’s a plateau in between. But probably not.