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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_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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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
i mean if you think that you can understand me through the stars, and i think that no, the stars give an inaccurate understanding of my personality, then... idk seems like a clear divide here where you'll end up thinking you know things about me that i disagree with
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Aella
@Aella_Girl
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like ive read a lot of my own astrology stuff (based on forceful recommendations from some ppl very into the complicated 'good' astrology type) and none of it felt true or particularly applicable, not more than random chance, and if you used it to understand me you'd be wrong
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Aella
@Aella_Girl
at least im updating based on *interactions with people who believe in astrology*, and im happy to update elsewhere given other evidence (which i haven't yet seen). But astrology ppl can believe things about me based on no information they got directly from me