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Aella
@Aella_Girl
Ppl who are real into astrology/conspiracies/woo beliefs *really* trigger me, but it's not because of the beliefs themselves, it's what it indicates about the person. To me, it implies a profound lack of curiosity in checking to see if their beliefs are true. 1/
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Aella
@Aella_Girl
They're drawn to woo beliefs because it feels good or serves some meaning purpose for them - which I get, I mean I was raised in religion - but there's a total absence of interest in tests to check other theories for why they might be experiencing this thing 2/
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Aella
@Aella_Girl
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@Aella_Girl
Anyway, to me woo beliefs indicate the person has a systemic lack of interest in knowing if they're wrong, and doesn't question their models of their own experience. And this is *really bad* for interpersonal relationships. What if they're wrong about *you*? 4/
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@Aella_Girl
Getting to know someone really deeply requires setting aside your own models to step into their models; it requires being really interested in being willing to be wrong about someone, in actively seeking that out. It's a delicate, careful, nuanced process. 5/
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@Aella_Girl
If someone fails at something so easy as woo, I doubt they'd succeed at something as difficult as understanding another human person. So I get triggered by ppl with real woo beliefs; I see them as not caring about something I deeply value, as incapable of understanding me. 6/6
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@InnerOvalCat
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@Aella_Girl
Aren’t you the girl who decided to conduct her own fecal transplant because it “felt” like a good idea despite no expert advice? Bc you “felt” the experts weren’t as thorough as you?
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