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If you ask someone "why?" enough about a subject you don't agree on, eventually both of you will come to a conclusion (self.showerthoughts)
submitted 1 year ago by DominicHillsun to c/showerthoughts
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Many hold strong beliefs and opinions, however not many know the roots of their belief. If a person agrees to explore it, both of you will learn something new and fascinating. The problem is finding someone who wants to think and ask the questions. This goes for both. Many want to "convince" someone, but how much do you truly know about the thing you're trying to prove?

This also comes back to the "why?" game so many kids play. Parents get annoyed by it, but are they really annoyed at the game or their lack of knowledge depth? Play the game, find out how deep you lake of knowledge goes

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[–] rayman30 32 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Hmmm, but why?

[–] sudo22 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Why do you ask?

[–] Zed 9 points 1 year ago

Why wouldn't they ?

[–] Petter1 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Because if we did that all the time and everywhere, we would become smarter as a whole human race and maybe gain enough knowledge to stop slaughtering each other ❤️

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Why do you think that is?

[–] Petter1 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Because every human is continuously forced to check why they believe in what they believe and if it still makes sense. You build on pillars you once assume are stable. But with your latest knowledge and the question „Why?“, you may recognize some to be more brittle than you thought.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Why, necessarily, would they not follow human confirmation bias?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I personally think that they wouldn't follow confirmation bias because in the discussion of "why?" we already have them questioning and looking deeper

[–] Petter1 1 points 1 year ago

Why that?