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Even today there are people who have little skepticism and take mysticism seriously, it is likely that any evidence against this person did not survive the time
by carbotaniuman 3y ago
Even today there are people who have little skepticism and take mysticism seriously, it is likely that any evidence against this person did not survive the times.
- qwerty456127 3y agoIndeed. Even today "there are people...". What I am curious about is how much does the average degree of seriousness differ between our and their times. We seemingly tend to assume people of the distant past predominantly were extremely naïve and sincerely believed whatever we find written by them. But what if they were almost as rational as modern people are and that's we who are naïve when reasoning about their beliefs?
- Loughla 3y agoI think it's less about being naive and more about the base of information. I believe I need antibiotics when I have an appropriate infection, because modern medicine has built an entire catalogue of reasons. If we don't have that information, and we do have "experts" saying it's because our autumn sacrifice wasn't good enough, then my guess is that's what most people will believe. Make the best choice you can with the available information, sort of thing.
- WalterBright 3y agoModern people are driven by cognitive biases and emotion. They then attempt to justify these decisions after the fact with logical fallacies.