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Message started by T And T Garage on 08/30/17 at 11:05:29

Title: Living In A Bubble
Post by T And T Garage on 08/30/17 at 11:05:29

This is worth the watch - especially from what I see on here on a consistent basis.

http://www.ted.com/talks/michael_patrick_lynch_how_to_see_past_your_own_perspective_and_find_truth/transcript#t-849622

A few choice snippets:

Nonetheless, skepticism about truth can be tempting, because it allows us to rationalize away our own biases. When we do that, we're sort of like the guy in the movie who knew he was living in "The Matrix" but decided he liked it there, anyway. After all, getting what you want feels good. Being right all the time feels good. So, often it's easier for us to wrap ourselves in our cozy information bubbles, live in bad faith, and take those bubbles as the measure of reality.

Democracies can't function if their citizens don't strive, at least some of the time, to inhabit a common space, a space where they can pass ideas back and forth when -- and especially when -- they disagree. But you can't strive to inhabit that space if you don't already accept that you live in the same reality. To accept that, we've got to believe in truth, we've got to encourage more active ways of knowing. And we've got to have the humility to realize that we're not the measure of all things.