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Giant Golden Disc
@GiantGoldenDisc
I get this, but I model every single person who has ever lived as having enormous blind spots *somewhere* I'm a skeptic, I question my own beliefs a lot and I'm 99% sure I'm entirely wrong about >=3 really huge things that'll make me feel v dumb if I ever figure them out
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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
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@GiantGoldenDisc
I absolutely agree there's blind spots; I'm sure I've got plenty! But in the context of our current civilization, woo is 'easy'; it's low hanging fruit, it requires extremely little curiosity to conclude 'oh this doesn't make sense.'
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Giant Golden Disc
@GiantGoldenDisc
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Hmm...I'm less confident that woo is 'easy' to reject compared to other blindspots, tho now I'm wondering about a ranking of 'rejection ease' and what things I would put where... I do think diff areas within "woo" are of diff ease & individual cultural context is a huge factor