It must be a part of my biological disposition. I certainly was not raised in a pro-rationality household. My parents and siblings all have the same political and religious beliefs (Populist democrats and devout Roman Catholics) as those with which they were raised. My sister is a believer in astrology and the accuracy of horoscopes. My family members have been known to justify their religious beliefs with the “I believe because I have Faith” tautology.
I stopped believing in God in high school and moved away from my parent’s political beliefs in many areas, simply by arguing and trying to win. When I argued with people with different beliefs (atheists, conservatives, socialists, libertarians, etc.), I tried to construct their best potential arguments so I could destroy them when they came up. Sometimes I couldn’t find a flaw, no matter how hard I tried. Since I hated to lose arguments, I took those more defensible positions for the next argument. Since then, learning about evolutionary processes and the undesigned and buggy nature of the brain has made me question my thought processes constantly. I think that this is the nature of rationality.
It must be a part of my biological disposition. I certainly was not raised in a pro-rationality household. My parents and siblings all have the same political and religious beliefs (Populist democrats and devout Roman Catholics) as those with which they were raised. My sister is a believer in astrology and the accuracy of horoscopes. My family members have been known to justify their religious beliefs with the “I believe because I have Faith” tautology.
I stopped believing in God in high school and moved away from my parent’s political beliefs in many areas, simply by arguing and trying to win. When I argued with people with different beliefs (atheists, conservatives, socialists, libertarians, etc.), I tried to construct their best potential arguments so I could destroy them when they came up. Sometimes I couldn’t find a flaw, no matter how hard I tried. Since I hated to lose arguments, I took those more defensible positions for the next argument. Since then, learning about evolutionary processes and the undesigned and buggy nature of the brain has made me question my thought processes constantly. I think that this is the nature of rationality.