reply to post by nixie_nox
But when actually challenged to provide proof, in comes the name calling.
I don't need proof. Sometimes I just want to know
why someone believes something.
Me: Why do you believe that?
Fred: I don't know. Never occured to me to question it. I've just always believed it.
That would a
great answer. I'd be thrilled to see someone on ATS say something like that. But I think it's like ImplausibleDeniability
said:
reply to post by ImplausibleDeniability
1. People state belief as fact, and when their facts are challenged by scrutiny or scientific truth they take it personally and become upset.
Some people just aren't very smart, and can't distinguish between "fact" and "belief." They think they're the same thing. If you believe
something, it's fact. It just seems amazing to me that people can function like this. I mean...let's say you think you left your keys in your
jacket. You can
believe that your keys are in your jacket, but that doesn't make it fact. Perhaps you actually left them in your car. Or maybe
they fell out. But you never see anyone go into a fit of existentialist confusion when it turns out their belief that their keys are in their jacket
turn out to not match the fact that the keys aren't there.
With such simple, common examples so readily available in daily life, it really shouldn't be such a stretch for people to recognize that beleiving
something doesn't make it fact.