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  • There must be a desire on both sides to get to the truth. If one of the sides already believes he knows what is truth, then its pointless. It becomes a situation where that person’s objective is not to get to the bottom of things, but to convince you he/she is right. Unconsciously I do this sometimes with some of my beliefs, and its hard not to do it. It requires some level of maturity, not getting attached to beliefs, and rather adhere to an uncertainty principle.

    Another situation is acting in bad faith. Someone who gives zero shits about truth and its only desire is to advance his position/power.

    The 1st example it might still be possible to bring the other around by hard facts, sometimes. The 2nd its hopeless because there is no desire for truth.


  • Squiglet@lemmy.worldtoMemes@lemmy.mlStoner
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    1 year ago

    Well it really isn’t addictive as opiates for example are. You wont become chemically dependant to it. The kind of addiction it causes is the same one that social media, TV, gaming, etc might cause. It becomes an habit and you get used to that. I know this is a simplification but this is how I see it.






  • Squiglet@lemmy.worldtoMemes@lemmy.mlmy wallet feels light...
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    1 year ago

    Was life at any point in our past free?

    I don’t think so.

    And if you go back to caveman times before money, we still paid with blood.

    If anything life is moving into a situation where it might actually be free. But that does not mean freedom.

    We were actually more free in caveman times.

    Its a paradox. The more comfortable we get, the more safe we get, and the less we have to pay for this, in the end we will pay with less freedom.