a reply to a friend
It is interesting, all the posts and blogs and articles and youtube videos I see, everyone is convinced they have it right. It is fascinating. I must admit I think I’m right too. And of course everyone else is obviously wrong. So, now I must come to the conclusion that somehow, maybe, I may not be right after all.
It is much clearer when I look at religion. Each religion knows it is right and the other religions have it wrong. Being non-religious, it is easy for me to see that none of them are right.
But in matters where I do have a belief, I seem to be blind. Even though, over the years, I have had countless beliefs that I later rejected. The ones I hold now I really think are true.
It seems there is some basic flaw in the way our minds work. It is insidious, because even though I know about the flaw, I still make the same mistake. I know that if I write down everything I believe in today, and then read that list in 20 years, not many of those beliefs will hold up. And yet I still think I’m right today.
So, how messed up is that?
