>>"...your insinuation that you yourself are the model of rational and reasonable thinking."
I'm far from any model of rational and reasonable thinking. I know that because I keep discoving flaws and areas of improvement in my own thinking. One can't expect to arrive at any kind of truth or claim to be intellectually honest if they are ALSO not open to being wrong.
If enough verifiable evidence comes along that proves it is a FALSE FLAG - then I will be quite happy to be proven wrong, accept it, and hopefully learn from it for future scenarios.
I tend to think in terms of probabilities (especially bayesian probabilities - which takes into consideration prior probabilities, false positives and false negatives). To me, EVERYTHING is about probabilities - nothing is 100% black or 100% white - I detest binary thinking and prefer to get dirty with nuanced thinking. I'm also a non-comformist.
>>"To reiterate my point, let’s hold judgement until the people we know we can rely on investigate."
Sure - always a good idea - and that is a good attitude to have.
I state my opinions (after critically thinking with whatever information I have at that moment in time) and arrive at a 'conclusive thought/analysis/summary conclusion'. I don't expect people to hold the same opinions that I have. But what I find disconcerting - especially with conspiracy theorists - is that they EXPECT and NEED people to believe in THEIR theories.
What bothers me most is not that people hold different opinions - what bothers me is the LACK of sound logic and LACK of adequate critical thinking skills that goes into arriving at explanations of such theories - i.e. the thought process and the methodologies used. I have been guilty of the same 'lack of critical thinking' often in my past life. But ever since Covid started, I really worked hard on my logic/statistics & probability/media literacy/critical thinking skills so as to be able to make higher quality decisions and evaluations. And, IT IS A PROCESS - it is forever evolving - there is no end to how little we humans really know about us, the world, and the universe.
Anyways, I landed up saying way more than I wanted to.
I appreciate your comment.
>>"...your insinuation that you yourself are the model of rational and reasonable thinking."
I'm far from any model of rational and reasonable thinking. I know that because I keep discoving flaws and areas of improvement in my own thinking. One can't expect to arrive at any kind of truth or claim to be intellectually honest if they are ALSO not open to being wrong.
If enough verifiable evidence comes along that proves it is a FALSE FLAG - then I will be quite happy to be proven wrong, accept it, and hopefully learn from it for future scenarios.
I tend to think in terms of probabilities (especially bayesian probabilities - which takes into consideration prior probabilities, false positives and false negatives). To me, EVERYTHING is about probabilities - nothing is 100% black or 100% white - I detest binary thinking and prefer to get dirty with nuanced thinking. I'm also a non-comformist.
>>"To reiterate my point, let’s hold judgement until the people we know we can rely on investigate."
Sure - always a good idea - and that is a good attitude to have.
I state my opinions (after critically thinking with whatever information I have at that moment in time) and arrive at a 'conclusive thought/analysis/summary conclusion'. I don't expect people to hold the same opinions that I have. But what I find disconcerting - especially with conspiracy theorists - is that they EXPECT and NEED people to believe in THEIR theories.
What bothers me most is not that people hold different opinions - what bothers me is the LACK of sound logic and LACK of adequate critical thinking skills that goes into arriving at explanations of such theories - i.e. the thought process and the methodologies used. I have been guilty of the same 'lack of critical thinking' often in my past life. But ever since Covid started, I really worked hard on my logic/statistics & probability/media literacy/critical thinking skills so as to be able to make higher quality decisions and evaluations. And, IT IS A PROCESS - it is forever evolving - there is no end to how little we humans really know about us, the world, and the universe.
Anyways, I landed up saying way more than I wanted to.