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Belief versus Conclusion

Please read the “About and Disclaimer” page. For the sake of understanding this article, let belief refer to the accepting of an idea as reality, thinking as merely possessing that idea, and conviction as merely one’s logical (or illogical) conclusion … Continue reading

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Concerning the Acceptance of Ideas

It is foolish for a person to regard all ideas they are told as truth because it allows untrustworthy ideas to be consider truth just as easily as trustworthy ideas. For trustworthy ideas to succeed in being more dominant in … Continue reading

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Apple in the Room – Discovering How You Know Nothing

Please read the About and Disclaimer section. This article is an attempt to provide a practical approach to understanding concepts like infinite knowledge gap. Coming to the conclusion that you know nothing usually results in you learning how it happens … Continue reading

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Simple Definition of Know

Please read the About and Disclaimer section. To “know” something means that the possessed idea corresponds directly to reality (and hence, is not flawed). One way of thinking of this is to say that you can apply the idea to … Continue reading

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Rene Descartes – “I think therefore I am”

Please read the about and disclaimer page. This is an opinion article on the basis of its statements about Rene Descartes and his interpretation. The validity of my interpretation is independent of my opinions about Descartes. Historians tell us that … Continue reading

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Chance as a Relative State

Principle Formula: The probability of you selecting the desired choice is the number of choices you can make divided by the number options. Suppose you have 3 choices in front of you but only one choice is the desired one. … Continue reading

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Introduction to this Blog

Philosophy is a very difficult thing to write about accurately. That statement alone means so much I have a hard time even beginning to describe what I mean by that. If I thought deeply about it, I might rephrase that … Continue reading

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