Eric you have succinctly put it together. Fully with you.

DL

On Wed, 23 Sep 2020 03:46 easalien, <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Hey Leland, Having been on both sides of the equation, I can say change is
> often a response to trauma, real or perceived. It’s a form of adaptive
> behavior driven by adverse circumstances. Very rarely do comfortable people
> change.
>
> Most of you I’m sure have heard of PTSD. The other side of that is
> Post-Traumatic Growth. This article sums it up nicely:
>
>
> https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__blogs.scientificamerican.com_beautiful-2Dminds_post-2Dtraumatic-2Dgrowth-2Dfinding-2Dmeaning-2Dand-2Dcreativity-2Din-2Dadversity_&d=DwIFaQ&c=eLbWYnpnzycBCgmb7vCI4uqNEB9RSjOdn_5nBEmmeq0&r=HPo1IXYDhKClogP-UOpybo6Cfxxz-jIYBgjO2gOz4-A&m=-CMVAf5Mvprx-wVS6K8b94Xscy04gxh9CpwbG6eP190&s=vuittjxfqVqtVYn6pu1quyOZEvYI0HvCgX6RmkJ_YHw&e= 
> <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__blogs.scientificamerican.com_beautiful-2Dminds_post-2Dtraumatic-2Dgrowth-2Dfinding-2Dmeaning-2Dand-2Dcreativity-2Din-2Dadversity_&d=DwMFaQ&c=eLbWYnpnzycBCgmb7vCI4uqNEB9RSjOdn_5nBEmmeq0&r=HPo1IXYDhKClogP-UOpybo6Cfxxz-jIYBgjO2gOz4-A&m=FE9YjbAkxcapLo-BOfWURIZDgaGBWZfogomrcPeIbAA&s=4tUV_boJFf2CL2mhoj_hZSXigbj4OUass2CL2U93atY&e=>
>
> With the clusterf*ck that is 2020, cherished beliefs are challenged and
> people are retreating into entrenched ideologies or opening up to the
> truth, which must be experienced a posteriori. Otherwise, it’s like a
> scholar “explaining” war to a veteran. It rings hollow.
>
> Personally, abandoning unverified belief in exchange for verifiable truth
> has brought a remarkable sense of balance. It’s taught me empathy and
> gratitude as well as peace with uncertainty. With the world as it is, maybe
> we need to take our philosophy and let it go.
>
> Eric S.
>
> On Thursday, September 17, 2020, Leland Beaumont <[log in to unmask]>
> wrote:
>
>> ToK Forum Members,
>>
>> Intrigued by questions that were raised when I presented Seeking Real
>> Good to this forum, I am researching the topic of “Reexamining Beliefs”. I
>> have recently read several books that pertain to forming beliefs and
>> defending long-held beliefs. What I am still curious to understand is the
>> triggers and introspective processes that result in people changing deeply
>> held beliefs. For example, why do some people reflect on their religious
>> beliefs and become non-theists? Why do people switch political parties,
>> what triggers the shift from “love you forever” to “divorce you now”, why
>> did some people shift from never Trump to Trump forever while Michael Cohen
>> turned against him? Why do some people leave cults and others double down?
>> What attracts people toward conspiracy theories and then what changes that
>> causes people to abandon those theories?
>>
>>
>>
>> I would like to be able to describe a process each of us would be
>> motivated to use to reexamine our beliefs and progress toward true beliefs.
>>
>>
>>
>> I will appreciate it if you can recommend reliable references on this
>> topic.
>>
>>
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>>
>>
>> Lee Beaumont
>>
>>
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