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The OP has touched on the issue of "agreeing" and "disagreeing" in a subtle way (it may need another thread). Perhaps a second read might clarify. It ...

The OP has touched on the subtle, more serious, and under the radar causes of deterioration of the human mind, which affects the body as well. It does...

It seems thoughts and thinking is a material process and a response of memory. Thoughts are verbalized experiences. The "I" is an emergent thought con...

@"Jack Cummins" To clarify my post above, if the inquirer wants to understand the nature of reality then he or she will ultimately come to the distinc...

Is there a question in the above?

There is reality and then there is truth. But this will be a step up.

What you are calling "interract" is also called 'reactions'. The reactions are also predetermined by the particular conditioning. So the question then...

The dictionary will also say the same thing. I think i am done here. Thank you.

The basis is observation of facts. It's not a belief, it is so. Is there anything in you, or me, or anyone else that isn't a product of conditioning? ...

And i clarified that the usage of the words is incorrect. They are conflating two different facts.

I din't refute what you were saying as there is no need to refute a starwman. Nor did i notice any questions seeking clarification.

No we are disagreeing on the fact. The fact being, a belief isn't the same as knowing. A belief is having a faith on something in absence of facts.

I would say , " I know i can run". Knowing isn't a belief.

You have expounded on a non-applicable meaning to what was said. In any case i think i have addressed your initial objections.

If something is seen as a belief is there any need for further ascertainment? And for what purpose? No ascertainment will make a belief a fact. BTW wh...

I think If we put aside all conceptual debates, the authority we attribute to the views of “experts”, learn to observe without the lens of acquired kn...

The above assertion or conclusion doesn't come with an explanation of what do you mean by "positive". Upon deeper exploration you may find what you co...

I mentioned earlier about a "a convenient trade off". A relative empathy would also be considered as a conditional empathy. It will demand certain con...

What is beauty? Is beauty in the object or in the eye of the beholder? Is beauty mere symmetry or is there beauty in asymmetry? Is beauty objective or...

"Playing pretend is actually a good for of our critical thinking." It seems to me, playing pretend is contrary to critical thinking. Playing pretend i...

As i see it, the above will then become a mechanical practice, some form of relative empathy, which is directed at certain goals. It will lack the cer...

Maybe i can use an example to do an addendum to the previous response. If there isn't any disease or mutation then all of us share the same biological...

Sorry there was a typo. Please read it as : "It seems, to be emotionally mature one has to be free from a persistent self interest and the thought of ...

I don't think our "humanity" is as mysterious as we make it sound. We are pretty much a product of our environment, conditioned, and predictable. And ...

It will depend on what you mean by emotional intelligence. If you mean things like empathy etc., humans were never very emotionally intelligent and it...

If there is free will then it's there in all the boring things and the boring places that do not have much significance. For example, you can wash you...

Both can be and are movements of beliefs. Both can be a source of conflict between humans.

It seems time is a psychological movement having it's base in memory.

Much of our affiliations are results of reactions. If you look deep you will find atheism isn't any different. Nor is theism. They are two poles of th...

Religion isn't the only belief based crutch we have, but it's the one that gets most heat Almost everything in our society is in some way or form beli...