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Originally Posted by peacegirl
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Anyone who has an emotional investment in an idea is more likely to interpret reality in such a way as best suits that idea, sometimes even to such an extent that they say irrational things or expect people to believe extraordinary things for which they have no evidence.
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Anyone who has an emotional investment in an idea does not mean automatically that the knowledge being presented is wrong or irrational, especially when evidence does exist if people take the time to dig a little deeper.
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Originally Posted by Vivisectus
Peacegirl says irrational things and expects people to believe extraordinary things for which she has no evidence.
Peacegirl has an emotional investment in Lessans.
Therefore, Peacegirls emotional investment in Lessans is a reasonable explanation for her irrational ideas and for the fact that she expects people to believe extraordinary things for which she has no evidence.
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No, an emotional investment does not exclude the possibility that an observation is correct. That is very narrow-minded. There is no expectation to believe extraordinary things (I'm not sure what you mean by extraordinary because these observations are based in reality), only to try and see if these observations hold any weight. I am not trying to force people to change their worldview. I'm just asking them to open their minds to the possibility that his observations may have substance to them.
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Originally Posted by Vivisectus
There! fixed it for ya.
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I see you are displaying you usual skill at critical thinking and reading comprehension. I stated that your emotional investment is a reasonable explanation for the irrational things you say, and your continued insistence, once people have evaluated these claims and come tot he conclusion they hold slightly less weight than a puff of warm methane, that this is because of bias, malice or just plain old stupidity.
When I say extraordinary I refer to your extraordinary claims: your claim that sight works the way you say it does, and your claim that conscience works the way you say.