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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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it seems the "not being curious" crossed accusations are referring to lack of curiosity about different things:astrologers not showing curiosity about how astrology could be put scientifically to the test & you're not curious to go into astrology if it can't be put 2 the test

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