Improving Skeptical Thinking Skills (2/2)
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I have to admit, even now I a really good magic trick triggers that tiny bit in my mind say "He's a wizard! He's a wizard!!" Chris Angel has done that once or twice, lol. Still, even when I was a theist, I didn't really buy into stage magic. I had a magic kit growing up, so I knew that things could fool you.
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Stop judging Matt people Matt...Have you not read that in your bible?
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@courtlandmcdaniel Yeah, I got caught up in the common saying "make a believer out of me" and didn't stop to think that it's acceptance when something is proven to be true.
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@FrostdPoptart You're welcome! Glad you didn't get I R ANGRY lol /hugs.
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@courtlandmcdaniel Woops. Thanks for correcting me there. Poor word choice on my part :)
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@FrostdPoptart Except they aren't believing it...they're accepting it.
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heat seeking missles dont care if your religious or have a lucky items, there going strait up your ass without fail
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@monsieurkarl Okay, well there's a difference between skeptical and being blindly disbelieving. Skeptical means you're not going to you're not going to believe something without a reason to do so. If you can demonstrate to a skeptic that something is true, then by golly, you'll make a believer out of them.
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I'm assuming they don't believe UFOs are real? Have they done the research in order to apply their critical thinking skills? I understand needs must to be a critical thinker but you can't discount everything. If you get caught up being skeptical of everything you doctrine yourself to find reasons to discredit things.
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An airplane pilot that wont fly without their lucky bracelet is fine with me. It might be silly, but doesnt do any harm.
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The difference is that when you know you can be fooled you can discipline yourself to prevent it. If you don't know that you can be fooled, well then you get fooled.
XaosSong 3 years ago 28
Humans are easily fooled when they are predisposed for it. Skeptical thinking is precisely a tool to reduce the chances you get fooled. If you put an apple on the corner of a table, its very likely to fall if the table suffers some sudden movement. However, if you put the apple away from the corner, the chances it will fall from sudden movements on the table decrease. I hope i'm making my point clear with that example.
hellhammerz666 2 years ago 7