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JayhawkSD

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7. Thinking in black and white.

Reply to c-rational (Original post)

Sun May 20, 2018, 10:34 AM

May 2018

Life is in shades of gray. I suspect it is pretty silly not to think that it goes both directions. Experience influences belief, while belief influences experience. Both at the same time, including both effects at work in the same event.

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In life, do you think we first have experiences and based on those experiences we develop [View all] c-rational May 2018 OP

Um, I think we shape our experiences. shanny May 2018 #1

Agreed. An example I heard relevant to me living in NYC an travelling on the subway is how you feel c-rational May 2018 #5

I think experiences precede beliefs. Chemisse May 2018 #2

For most of my life I had it backwards and also believed experiences preceded beliefs. Then c-rational May 2018 #4

I think beliefs precede experience. It's through your jrthin May 2018 #3

"Seth Speaks" - A book by Jane Roberts OxQQme May 2018 #6

Thinking in black and white. JayhawkSD May 2018 #7

I think "belief" creates "reality". CanSocDem May 2018 #8