Believing and Knowing

Why do you believe what you believe? Do you know what you think you know? Better thinking starts with understanding the irrational ways we form beliefs and how knowing is different than believing.

Think of something you believe is true and ask these six questions: How sure are you that the belief is true? What is the source of the belief? What are your reasons for believing it's true? How could you figure out if it's true? How would you feel if you were wrong? What evidence would change your mind?

Is what you believe true? Use these 6 questions to find out

Let’s try a thought experiment. Think of a belief, any belief, that you think is true. Maybe you believe psychic mediums can talk to the dead, or that immigrants bring crime to the country… or that […]

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Believe Personal experiences, emotions, geography, repetition, tribe, trust

The Surprising Ways We Form Beliefs

You’re Not As Rational As You Think You Are Every year on February 15, on an isolated island in the middle of the South Pacific, members of the Tanna Army worship god by marching in military-style

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Theory of knowledge says knowledge is a justified true belief, but knowledge requires uncertainty

Is Certainty Keeping You From True Knowledge?

The Limits of Knowledge and the Dangers of Certainty Twenty-two year-old college student Jennifer Thompson was asleep in her apartment on a hot July night in 1984, when she was awakened by a noise, and then

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