>This is also why I am a skeptic. I have yet to be shown a belief that
>belongs there.
Beliefs don't belong solely to the realm of the religious and
philosophical. How about, "Wade exists and subscribes to CoV"; "skeptic =
a person who questions..."; or "the human mind is capable of adopting
culturally fabricated perceptual filters"?
Are these beliefs inherently false as you say all beliefs are? Or might
they simply be inherently questionable, allowing them to be dethroned
should convincing evidence arise?
What is the difference between believing the above propositions, and
knowing them?
I repeat my question of a few weeks ago: can one live without any beliefs?
Yes, some beliefs take up so much space (I like this metaphor), that indeed
they preclude competing memes from even being perceived. However, wouldn't
we be better off calling such beliefs "biases"?
Might some memes (to adopt your view of them as memory organizers) better
enable competing memes to be perceived, be analyzed in an "equal
opportunity" framework, and perhaps be adopted? (Indeed, skepticism seems
to fit this description.) But, if such is the case, might we not simply
conclude that some memes are more equal than others?
And why can't I substitute "beliefs" for "memes" in the paragraph I just
wrote?
With far more questions than answers,
lena
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Lena Rotenberg
lenar@hermesnet.net