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- Truth is best determined by if something works.
- If something works you can reasonably call it true.
- If it does not work, then you can know it is not true.
- Should belief in what is True, that which works, lead to better lives?
- Yes, it should.
- Leading a life based on Truth is leading a life in accordance with the way the universe actually is, the way it actually works, and that should lead to better outcomes.
- Examples of beliefs that do not conform to the real world.
- I’m talking about such ideas as Astrology, magic, faith healing, and prayer (as a means for getting what you want).
- I personally would also include ideas like vaccine denial, climate denial, gun rights (as a way of improving our society), and racial superiority.
- Many conspiracy theories, although not necessarily all of them.
- You probably have your own list.
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- What is belief?
- I assume there is a Truth.
- I can’t prove this, but I believe it.
- Beliefs are based on assumptions.
- Assumptions are based on many things, much having nothing to do with Truth.
- Such as your personality, a desire to fit in, a desire to be different and stand out, other assumptions about the world.
- What beliefs are best?
- Beliefs that work are the best.
- But the judgments of what works and does not work are based on assumptions.
- Assumptions which are based on our very narrow experiences from life.
