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Journal by c0lo
(in the loving memory of Runaway1956, who succumbed after a long battle to gatewaypundits. May his brain rest in peace, squeaky clean and smoothed over)
because "Doing your own research" is far easier nowadays than building the habit of thinking critically.
Add COVID-anxiety, a chaotic narcissistic Orange clown and compound with the lack of survival problems to solve for the everyday life in a westernized society and (where appropriate) a good dose of American exceptionalism.
the world’s slackening grip on reality
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innovate, v.:
To annoy people.
(Score: 2, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday November 11 2020, @10:13PM
I'm afraid it's far worse than that.
Most people's belief systems -- be it religious belief, political ideology, etc. -- shape not only what they accept as reality, but what they can even perceive as reality. A good metaphor I've seen for this is "reality tunnel". Things that don't match up to the person's existing beliefs just don't make it through their reality tunnel. Have you ever stared, thunderstruck, at someone who just can't seem to even see what you're pointing out to them? Well, they can't see it. Literally, they can not perceive the event/object in the same way you do, because of their reality tunnel, filtering their perceptions to fit their beliefs.
Scott Adams has referenced the same thing using the metaphor of people being in the same theater, but watching different movies.
With practice, you can figure out when other people are filtering things through their reality tunnel. It's very difficult to figure out when you yourself are doing it.