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02-21-2010 , 05:16 PM

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HowardGrind

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2.7 then 11

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02-21-2010 , 05:28 PM

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Originally Posted by starvingwriter82

Okay, so I've been observing and reading and participating for quite some time and I have noticed something that I would like to either confirm or toss out.

The first thing I would like each person to do is rate their worldview based on how normal they think it is on a 1-10 scale. A 1 would be "I'm the only person I know who thinks this way" and a a 10 would be "Almost everyone I know thinks the same way I do."

The second thing I would like each person to do is rate their core beliefs on a 1-10 scale of how certain you are that it's correct. A 1 would be "I have no idea if my core beliefs accurately reflect reality or not." A 10 would be, "I am certain that my core beliefs accurately reflect reality."

My humble hypothesis is that there's a correlation between how out of the mainstream a persons beliefs are, and the level of certainty they have that it's true.

Its hard to estimate but I'd say that the level of certainty in some way corellates to what you give your attention to.

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02-21-2010 , 06:48 PM

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3,3

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02-21-2010 , 07:20 PM

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What is a "worldview" for the purpose of this thread? For theists its easy, but what about for atheists? Atheism can't be considered a worldview, can it? Does it refer to ones ideas of how the world came about? If we're just piggybacking on whatever the physicists consensus is, admitting that its incomplete, is that a worldview? Is it about personal philosophy? If I identify mostly with secular humanism, what does it mean to say its "correct"? It's basically a pragmatic philosophy.

If this is too nitty for this thread, let me know...

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02-21-2010 , 07:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Arouet

I take it to mean how you think the world is. I think "unknown" is a fine worldview for many aspects (or even in its entirety if you're that way inclined).

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02-21-2010 , 07:24 PM

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I wasn't taking the question to refer solely to atheism. Kind of weird if it was meant that way.

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02-21-2010 , 08:25 PM

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scorcher863

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For me, it's definitely low for both questions. 3,3 seems like a good average guess.

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02-21-2010 , 08:35 PM

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Jibninjas

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for question 1, i would say 2.

for question 2, I think that this depends on what reality is. Is there an objective reality outside of my perception? As far as I know, reality is only how I perceive it to be. So I would have to say 10 as I believe that my belief of reality matches perfectly how I perceive reality.

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