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 >> >> >> >> >> >> >> ############################ >> >> >> >> To unsubscribe from the TOK-SOCIETY-L list: >> >> write to: mailto:[log in to unmask] >> >> or click the following link: >> >> http://listserv.jmu.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=TOK-SOCIETY-L&A=1 >> > > > > > ############################ > > To unsubscribe from the TOK-SOCIETY-L list: write to: > mailto:[log in to unmask] or click the > following link: > http://listserv.jmu.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=TOK-SOCIETY-L&A=1 > ############################ To unsubscribe from the TOK-SOCIETY-L list: write to: mailto:[log in to unmask] or click the following link: http://listserv.jmu.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=TOK-SOCIETY-L&A=1