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Anna | BACK TO SENSES on Substack
One of the mistakes we make is believing that information is meant to be established and authoritative. Outside of a highly select set of "eternal truths," most ideas are meant to be fluid.
Kyle Harrison • Open-Source Knowledge
Why am I believing what I believe? Is it possible that I’m wrong? Do I know what I’m talking about? Am I leaning out because I don’t understand? Am I following the party line? Are these my own beliefs or the beliefs of the people like me?
Steven Bartlett • The Diary of a CEO: The 33 Laws of Business and Life
“Shared truth demands a shift from 'truth-owning' to 'truth-seeking,' which requires humility and a willingness to listen to other people’s perspectives, even if they challenge our convictions or identity.”
—Rula Khoury Mansour, Nazareth Center for Peace Studies
Nothing, not one thing, hurts us more — or causes us to hurt others more — than our certainties. The stories we tell ourselves about the world and the foregone conclusions with which we cork the fount of possibility are the supreme downfall of our consciousness. They are also the inevitable cost of survival, of navigating a vast and complex reality... See more
Jeannine Ouellette • The Things Themselves, Alive With Metaphor
“Once the mind has accepted a plausible explanation for something, it becomes a framework for all the information that is perceived after it. We’re drawn, subconsciously, to fit and contort all the subsequent knowledge we receive into our framework, whether it fits or not. Psychologists call this “cognitive rigidity”. The facts that built an origin... See more