Don’t fall for that Ad populum mess just cause the crowd’s loud don’t mean they right.
People be hyping nonsense like it’s gospel , stay smart, not trendy.
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Remember that, smart alecks!
Some more of my core guiding principles around this idea:
Truth and fact are two sides of the same coin.
They are interconnected but not interchangeable.
On a similar note:
Truth is complex and often paradoxical.
If you think you can lay it out in black and white terms, sorry bud – you don’t have a handle on it. The capacity to hold space for seemingly conflicting ideas is essential. That means letting go of the idea that your truth is the truth.
Critique something/someone only from a place of understanding
^ did a whole rec on this. To add to it: if you spend a lot of time criticizing those who you disagree with, whose benefit is it for? Mainly it’s a signifier to those who you do agree with that you’re part of the same in-group. That’s fine and it has its place, but constructively challenging the views and behaviors of those within your own community (including yourself!) is much more valuable.
And on that note:
Understanding ≠ condoning
Most people skip the work of trying to truly understand because they’re afraid they’ll seem complicit. Say someone commits a violent crime. Trying to understand the familial, socioeconomic, and systemic circumstances that factored in – developing empathy for this person – does not mean you condone the behavior or that you care any less for the victim of their crime. You are not doing any good to the cause of peace of justice or whatever you claim to stand for by refusing to understand people (however fucked up and misguided they may be).
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Ok that’s long enough, maybe I’ll drop some fun ones in another post lol bye
Jul 17, 2024
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Lately I’ve been alarmed when talking to others that they think they’re experts on things they don’t really know much about. And also think they’re experts on things they know a lot about! I think it’s important to know that we don’t know everything and our convictions, whilst important to have them, can be proven wrong at any time. This breeds innovation and keeps you in a state of always learning. Stay humble in the face of all that is unknowable. Remember Plato said “I know that I know nothing.”
Feb 7, 2024
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In a global echo chamber, dissent is the only path to truth.
Sep 3, 2024
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I genuinely don't understand, i like I'm not screaming into a void like in X but I don't really know what this app is for exactly, it's only for recommending books an movies??
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Cassandra, a trojan princess, who could predict the future but was cursed so that no one would believe her. Which leads to troy's fall.
Clytemnestra was the wife of Agamemnon. While he was away at war, she took Aegisthus as her lover. When Agamemnon returned from Troy, she killed him to avenge the sacrifice of their daughter Iphigenia. Later, her son Orestes killed her in revenge.
I also have favorite romantic myths like:
Eros and psyche
Orpheus and Eurydice
Apollo and Hyacinthus
Achilles and Patroclus
Penelope and Odysseus
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A friend had recommended me this app to block Instagram and TikTok so i could stop doomscrolling and fix my attention span , and read or watch a movie in my free time .
And honestly it's one of the best advices I've ever received.
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