I have a narrative: It's not the infinite possibilities. It's
not the infinite agnosticism. It's not the
everything-is-relative-even-relativity. or whatever. My
narrative is this one: Avoid confirmation bias. If I find an
opinion I agree too strongly with, I question it. I find its
flaws. I look at the naysayers: NOT to find arguments to beat
them with but to see WHERE THEY might be correct. There's always
flaws. If I allow myself confirmation bias, only seeking
information which strengthens my existing position, I am
entering politics. Choosing teams. Fighting for a cause. My
cause? Avoiding confirmation bias. == I'm about as far from a
man-of-faith/trust as you've ever talked to. Perhaps that is why
I generally admire it in others. I don't have it. I admire
people who are convinced by strong narratives and evidence
produced. I admire people who are satisfied when someone
presents them with a strong argument that makes sense and they
cross the bridge. I admire you because you crossed the bridge.
You'll gladly jump up and down on the bridge to prove to me that
it's strong enough to hold me as I go across. But I have to be
satisfied by not only the metrics of others but that of my own.
== Does this clarify a little better WHY I can't accept a
no-free-will argument? To me, it is too dangerous a position to
hold. == Someday, I'll write more on the topic. I stuck some
notes down in a notebook one day sitting in front of a library
and made a little short creative work about it and stuck it on
Amazon that night. You don't have to buy it: There's not much in
it. The title says it all:
http://www.amazon.com/The-Possibilities-Overwhelming-Kenneth-Udut-ebook/dp/B017GU5UME
