True, but this then gives us a clear delineation between a skeptic and a partisan. A partisan doesn't care that what he believes may also be bollocks, while the skeptic will acknowledge the possibility and seriously consider it. Partisans don't care if they wrong so long as it conforms to what they expect to be true.
I know I believe in bollocks and want to find out what part of what I believe is.
Someone religious once tried to convince me to adopt his view for the comfort of certainty. I told me it's not comforting at all to me, not being able to question feels like a mental straightjacket.
I firmly believe in striving to be a bit less wrong than yesterday.
True, but this then gives us a clear delineation between a skeptic and a partisan. A partisan doesn't care that what he believes may also be bollocks, while the skeptic will acknowledge the possibility and seriously consider it. Partisans don't care if they wrong so long as it conforms to what they expect to be true.
I know I believe in bollocks and want to find out what part of what I believe is.
Someone religious once tried to convince me to adopt his view for the comfort of certainty. I told me it's not comforting at all to me, not being able to question feels like a mental straightjacket.
I firmly believe in striving to be a bit less wrong than yesterday.