> This kind of comment always blows my mind. In a good way or a bad way? > How can you come in and say 'well, actually... It's a mixture of qualities; educat

> This kind of comment always blows my mind. In a good way or a bad way? > How can you come in and say 'well, actually... It's a mixture of qualities; education, scepticism, and original thinking are the key ones. Some cultures discourage this sort of thinking and promote an unquestioning attitude that takes whatever is presented on face value. For me as a scientist my own upbringing placed a lot of value on the opposite life-stance. > i think what you say you experience is not true. That is an unfair characterisation of what I said. Truth or falsehood hardly applies to experience. I am suggesting there's an alternative way of looking at what people report than "overwhelming" choice. That may apply to you. It may not. Make your own path. I think maybe you took what was intended as a general observation about this phenomenon as a rebuke of your personal experience. > disregard all the literature on the subject too! One TED talk and a book (albeit a good one) does not really count as "all the literature". I wish I could understand you better. Does encountering other points of view feel "offensive" because you disagree? Does it feel like invalidates something you believe in, in a "personal" way (like an attack)? Or do you really feel uncomfortable with sceptical thinking?