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Here are some of the most important advices i can give to others. Stop idolizing people, do not lift anyone to the guru status, never stop questioning, even if you consider some of the people you trust & follow to be true experts in a given field.
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Do not fall for the trap of unquestioned trust & obedience to authority. If you avoid all of these things, you will also avoid cult like mentality & behaviour. There are lots of brilliant people in a #TeamReality / Lockdown Sceptics movement who have exceptional knowledge ..
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and skills, who are also correct on many different topics & issues like lockdowns, masks, covid related data analysis etc. but some of them are wrong about many other things. This is not their fault thought, they just simply fail to question their previous pre-pandemic ..
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convictions which they have accepted unquestionably thanks to social engineering & social education. They obviously have good hearts & good intentions, no doubt about that, but they themselves forget the fact that even smart people are not immune to the Dunning-Kruger effect.
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The process of learning never stops, it should never stop. But when it does and when you stop asking questions, this is where your mind is no longer open to new information and you have become the guardian to the status quo.
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People also need to remember that reading books doesn't make you smarter. Reading smart books makes you smarter. Reading dumb books makes you dumber. Same with every piece of information you encounter and absorb. So, just because you have spent an X amount of time ..
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reading, watching & learning about certain topic, it doesn't automatically makes you an expert and it doesn't make you knowledgeable or right. You just as well might have brainwashed & indoctrinated yourself (or modern day "education" might have done that for you) and made ..
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yourself into believing nonsensical information, falsehoods, propaganda or pseudoscience. The key to achieving true knowledge and an attempt at understanding things about our lives & reality should always be seen through the lenses of what i call the big picture and ..
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totality of evidence. Everything i said in this thread also applies directly to myself. Don't accept anything i say as gospel, always do your own research & always try to create your own big picture around things & issues at hand while considering totality of evidence from ..
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all sources of information that you had access to. Don't be afraid of making mistakes along the way or even being a little bit dogmatic at times, as sometimes strong convictions may lead you sooner to the realization that you were actually wrong about something.
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