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> Plainly put: You can never truly arrive at or trust your own beliefs if you can't completely understand and articulate the best possible case against them. H
by bandyaboot 3y ago
> Plainly put: You can never truly arrive at or trust your own beliefs if you can't completely understand and articulate the best possible case against them.
How does one know when they completely understand the best possible case against their own belief? Or know for sure that they’ve arrived at the best possible case against it? Seems like an unattainable bar.
- noduerme 3y agoYou don't. You always keep learning. What I wrote was for people who truly think there's some one truth they want to argue; to explain to them why this is valuable. The real value is that this method teaches you to see all sides, and gives you both compassion and the ability to determine and assert what you think is right in circumstances you haven't encountered before - to think on the fly without judging prematurely.
- bandyaboot 3y agoSo wouldn’t that mean that the part of your comment that I quoted can be simplified to: > Plainly put: You can never truly arrive at or trust your own beliefs
- noduerme 3y agoThat's also true, if you're honest with yourself and don't become ossified. I should stipulate though that you can arrive at about 99% of your beliefs and know them thoroughly enough to know why you believe them, while still being willing to change your mind if you're given new evidence.
- bandyaboot 3y agoFair enough :)