What If We’re Wrong About Everything?
There are two well-known psychological phenomena that illustrate just how difficult it is for humans to properly understand themselves and the world around them: confirmation bias and its cousin, the backfire effect. Confirmation bias speaks to our habit of cherrypicking information that supports our previously held beliefs and rejecting any evidence that runs counter to [...]
When God Calls
It's said that we don't seek God but rather, when it's our time, God seeks us. I can't speak for the experiences of others, but that certainly holds true here. Truth be told I'm still routinely astonished to learn that almost no one thinks about God the way I do. (Mind you, when I speak [...]
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What If We’re Wrong About Everything?
There are two well-known psychological phenomena that illustrate just how difficult it is for humans to properly understand themselves and the world around them: confirmation bias and its cousin, the backfire effect. Confirmation bias speaks to our habit of cherrypicking information that supports our previously held beliefs and rejecting any evidence that runs counter to [...]
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When God Calls
It's said that we don't seek God but rather, when it's our time, God seeks us. I can't speak for the experiences of others, but that certainly holds true here. Truth be told I'm still routinely astonished to learn that almost no one thinks about God the way I do. (Mind you, when I speak [...]