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If you can't make a single sincere counter-argument to your own belief, your stance is driven by emotion rather than logic (lemm.ee)

submitted 6 months ago by [email protected] to c/unpopularopinion

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Rational beliefs should be able to withstand scrutiny and opposing arguments. The inability to do so indicates that the belief is more about personal bias and emotional investment rather than objective analysis.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago

Personally I don't like the idea of debate as in words vs words, i prefer empiricism - set out theories and test against observable evidence. It's hard to do that in this case though.

But I must admit I do find the "sun will rise" argument hilarious as I think it is a very limited description of the relative movements of the sun and earth - and a clear example of personal bias vs considering alternatives impacting peoples ability to make a better description of what is going on. So yeah maybe it really does make your point.