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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
I don't get this! How could you not be curious about other theories, when you *know* other people in the world deeply believe stuff that is clearly wrong? It *must* feel convincing to them, so "feeling convincing" to you shouldn't be sufficient criteria. 3/
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Aella
@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
@Aella_Girl
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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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Bronni
@Bronnibroo
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@Aella_Girl
This thread makes you seem uncurious. Have you actually looked far enough into these things to see how true they really are? And you've made a significant pre-judgement about people, indicating you're not interested in understanding them. Try to step outside of your own models?
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Aella
@Aella_Girl
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@Bronnibroo
happy to be proven wrong, open to updating, have seen only a tiny ounce of attempt to do science on this question from the astrology supporters in my mentions
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S. Yoshi
@s_yoshi12
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@Aella_Girl
apart from a severe lack/capability for empathetic reasoning, the devout sheepleness in Church of Woo deeply astonishes/troubles me for often consequently lacking individual moral agency... of which critical & independent thought is only one facet 1/2
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Ben Rogue
@BenjaMTG
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@Aella_Girl
Here's where you refute yourself. You say "Getting to know someone really deeply requires setting aside your own models to step into their models" - why are you unwilling to step into these other models of truth production and lay yours aside? Instead you just reject these others
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Blue
@MoonzMikayla
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@Aella_Girl
I think your thinking spirituality is another version of christianity , where we are looking for right , wrong, real , false, Truth be told their are many different spiritual paths that simply co-exist , and it takes people much time to move in , out or between paths
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Kat ☾
@talukuv
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@Aella_Girl
the whole point of astrology is self awareness. it's not there to tell you who you are or what's going to happen, it's there to give you an idea of the possibilities. you still have to figure out how it applies to yourself and your own free will.
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