You Dont Have a Right to Believe Whatever You Want To
"There is an ethic of believing, of acquiring, sustaining, and relinquishing beliefs – and that ethic both generates and limits our right to believe."
Highlights
- Belief can be voluntary, but often more like an attitude or state of mind than a decisive action
- "irresponsible beliefs" examples disregard evidence; accept gossip, rumour, or testimony from dubious sources; ignore incoherence with one’s other beliefs; embrace wishful thinking; or display a predilection for conspiracy theories
- "creed" is a required belief
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