I will try this out.
hijajoo
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I don’t know. Need help figuring that out too. The thing that is making me uncomfortable is that these are mostly things I have taken for granted, and they just sound right to me. I have not examined them, or considered any of the alternatives seriously.
I need some way to examine the core beliefs of my life and evaluate whether they are actually sensible or just what I have grown up thinking? Just thinking about these things and trying to evaluate them is not working, since what I already know seems correct (Confirmation bias), and my mind is just going around in circles.
Here are some of the things I believe strongly, that I want to examine, and proof of one should not come from an unproven point.
Being a religious agnostic
Believing that things should be proven using the method of “scientific enquiry and experimentation”.
Individual freedom is paramount. Society should give people freedom to practice their own religion, sexual preference, occupation, way of living etc, as long as it doesn’t harm others. ⇒ This is typical liberal stuff, but what is the criteria for evaluation? What function are we trying to maximise, and how do we calculate what the return value is?
Reading a lot of books to expose myself to new ways of thinking.
Travel as a means of personal development. ⇒ Learning new languages, meeting new people etc to gain a varied perspective on life.
“Considering the consequences of your actions and deciding on the acceptable trade-offs”. This should work I think.