Why Facts Don’t Change Our Minds~or theirs

[iolo]

I think most people think it the wisest thing never to challenge what the gang bosses think and feel, for fear of getting thumped. You have to be pretty lucky to be brought up to look at any facts, ever, outside the pattern they lay down. It took the First War to produce serious questioning in the masses of people, and that not everywhere.

[Robo]

Viva la p****! And rubber up for safety's sake.

You shower with your raincoat on, right?

[Robo]

If humanoids weren't the stupid gang of idiots they are, there'd be no wars, no rape, no violations of the Constitution, no violent attacks, no hatred no Democrat or Republican parties and no JPP, how freggin boring is that?????

[countryboy]

Facts change my mind with a razor sharp turn. Being skeptical requires you to accept truth whether you like to or not. I prefer being skeptical and not cling to beliefs that are proven false.

The question then becomes, what you accept as fact.

[Robo]

I looked up "fact" in the dictionary and there was a picture of Hillary crying

[Nordberg]

One of the most amazing things in the universe is human stupidity, even among intelligent people. You see it every day in this forum, people refusing to follow simple logic and obvious facts, because that logic and those facts don't confirm their beliefs.

Is that your confession?

[jimmymccready]

You shower with your raincoat on, right?

You are such a goober. :lol:

[Part Multi 313]

If that's true, you're a rare breed. But, most self-described skeptics are as brain-dead as anyone else.

I noticed that most loud skeptics are atheists or anti religious and they spend a lot of time deconstructing religion or being really pushy and apathetic. There's many skeptics of all types good and bad. Just because you're skeptical and view the world in a clearer picture doesn't mean you got some sort of authority over people. If a skeptic wants to convince us of the error of our ways, being an asshole about it isn't going to win him believers.

[Part Multi 313]

The question then becomes, what you accept as fact.

Well, I'm not a philosopher or psychologist so there really is no debate on what a fact is. When I want to know what a thing is I consult a reference book. In this case that would be a reputable dictionary, preferably Oxford.

Being skeptical is pretty easy; shut out the wishy washy gray areas. Whats a gray area? Something unsure, unproven or otherwise undefined. That doesn't mean you can't listen to what you think is unbelievable. Everyone likes to be entertained. Let the paranormal entertain us. Just don't take the paranormal too seriously.

[jimmymccready]

One, who has the ability to learn yet still refuses to accept critical thinking and empirical data, is stupid.

[countryboy]

Well, I'm not a philosopher or psychologist so there really is no debate on what a fact is. When I want to know what a thing is I consult a reference book. In this case that would be a reputable dictionary, preferably Oxford.

Being skeptical is pretty easy; shut out the wishy washy gray areas. Whats a gray area? Something unsure, unproven or otherwise undefined. That doesn't mean you can't listen to what you think is unbelievable. Everyone likes to be entertained. Let the paranormal entertain us. Just don't take the paranormal too seriously.

Lol, you aren't going to find political facts about current events in the dictionary.

[Part Multi 313]

Lol, you aren't going to find political facts about current events in the dictionary.

Countryboy said "the question now becomes what you accept as fact." I was explaining what I accepted as fact. His context wasn't political.

[Bill]

Critical thinking is simply not an ability that most people want to develop. They are comfortable in their comfort cocoons and do not want to blossom out as rational, thinking individuals.

It isn't easy....... It is much easier to parrot, mock & pretend humor than to actually apply, apply to oneself, apply to their leaders, team mates, team, side etc etc etc

[Bill]

Yes, I think public schools, the media, and the PC police work very hard to discourage critical thinking.

Oh, my, you must be just fuckin POUTRAGED about it.....

Rather than point your lil finger @ someone else, why not first apply it to yourself & see if you live up to your own standard?

[Blackwater Lunchbreak]

One of the most amazing things in the universe is human stupidity, even among intelligent people. You see it every day in this forum, people refusing to follow simple logic and obvious facts, because that logic and those facts don't confirm their beliefs.

yeah. like seth rich, not russians, gave wikileaks Hillary's emails.