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health advisory Hospital Doctor Yu 2007-11-8 19:09:51

It's an exercise in subjective speculation i think.

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i believe today it will rain but i do not KNOW it to be true, i accept it might not but i still believe it will. I think this question is asked a lot in philosophy and metaphysics. when you believe something in your mind then because the reality you is experience is all through senses and thoughts interpreted in your mind then it is true to you, its all about context. or something like that what am i, a genius?

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Believing is what you do when you don't know. I used to believe in Santa. I used to believe politicians. There are people who believe space aliens control world leaders. Belief is a substitute for understanding. Fill in the blanks with anything you like, that's belief.

People can believe whatever they like. But understanding is different. Understanding is based on first hand observation. Just because an "authority" says something is so doesn't make it so. You can find an authority to express almost any belief as though it were understanding. Understanding can't be second hand.

Misunderstanding can also be first hand. True understanding is always a work-in-progress. Belief is often displayed by people with closed minds.

Knowing what's true is not easy. It cannot co-exist in the same mind as belief.

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There are different ways of "knowing", such as experience or inherited belief.