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An Insight On Believe. by Nobody: 7:06pm On Nov 18, 2016
What is Believe?

According to an online dictionary definition: To have confidence in the truth, the existence, or the reliability of something, although without absolute proof that one is right in doing so: Only if one believes in something can one act.

What are the different types of believe?

There are many types of belief. Here are a few:

1-Existence (A)
One of the simplest beliefs is that some given thing exists.
The classic existence belief is the belief in God.
For existentialists, the belief is in the outer world. If you
realize that what we perceive is an internal inference of what
happens in the outer world, then our first belief is that what
we perceive truly exists.
Note that existence can also have temporal and
morphological aspects. Thus A can come into existence at a
point in time, it can change (gradually or suddenly) into
something else (A becomes B). It can also disappear or
become extinct. To believe that things can exist is also to
believe that things do not exist.
Existence is probably the most basic belief. Thus I believe
that the world outside of my mind really exists. Each word
that I write has a whole bag of beliefs attached to it. For the
most part, however, it is simply impractical to challenge
beliefs at this level - though sometimes it can be very useful.

2- Association (A:B)
We understand things in terms of other things. Thus we say
A is like B or related to B in some way. You look like your
father. A rose is a sort of flower.
We also have an entire map within our heads of what we
know. Think about something and other things come
immediately to mind.
The Freudian analyst's couch is the classic place where
associations are examined. If we associate 'killing' with
'father', what does this mean? Is our father a murderer? Do
we have an Oedipal complex and want to kill our father?
This is a very dangerous zone for analysts, who can also
create associations by asking things like 'So, why do you
want to kill your father?'

3- Equivalence (A=B)
We assume that things are the same, although in reality,
everything is different, including two pennies, if you look
closely enough.
The trap of equivalence belief is in when we mean 'some
elements of A are similar to some elements of B', and then
shorten it to 'A is B'. For example, you might might say 'You
are stupid'. I could then be mightily upset because I equate
all of stupid to all of me. The verb 'to be' is thus a very
dangerous word!
Another classic equivalence error we make is that we
assume that 'the map is the territory'. We make internal
maps of the outer world and then act as if they are the same
thing.

4-Enaction (A happens)
'S hit happens' is a common belief that is useful in accepting
an imperfect world. We believe in the flow of time and the
change of the world around us.

5- Causation (A -> B)
We have a constant need to explain how things work, and a
part of that explanation is to determine cause.
A false form of causal belief is where we correlate two things
and assume that because they happen at the same time or
in the same place that one causes another. Detectives do
this when a 'suspect' was in the same place that a murder
happened.
We even have a special part of our memories (procedural
memory) to remember how to do things.

So what's the point for this insight?

Believe is relatively strong or weak depending on an individual mindset because Believe shapes one's reality and create a world of possibility which another might perceive to be impossible. The mind state is responsible for this.

Conclusion

Believes might be truth and also may not be true, but some people stay questioning their believe in all ramification of life, these set of people are often the intelligent type. They attained that status quo by acquiring real education and gaining knowledge of self by themselves. It is advised not to hurt, kill people for having a different believe because yours might be wrong as well as your rival/co-debater.

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Re: An Insight On Believe. by LugarT: 9:15pm On Jan 26, 2018
I'll have to come back here to read this. Any useful links on offer?

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