OVM.
Quick Hits
10 random key ideas.
1.
TST Term.
An empirical-pragmatic worldview prioritizes empirical truth, and it treats practical usefulness as subordinate to observable reality.
2.
From History:
It takes work, but structure disagreement so that clarity replaces tribalism, and calibrated dialogue replaces dogmatic assertion. Live well by letting others be themselves without giving up your own clarity.
3.
Public spirituality is what a culture accepts as spiritual. Secular spirituality is spirituality guided by reality rather than religious or supernatural authority.
4.
From History: Don't waste time on the unknowable.
Agnosticism is the honest pause between belief and denial. Used well, it helps you live with mystery, spend your attention wisely, and choose which unknowns are worth exploring.
6.
From History: Reference Date: 2200 CE (+/- 50 years)
Start to live your life better now by sorting truth from belief with honesty. Let science guide the observable, reason guide what is coherent, but hold spirituality humbly.
8.
From History: Spirituality is exploration.
When publicly discussing spirituality, distinguish thought of the material world, what we directly experience, from the spiritual interpretations beyond it. Organize each spiritual idea into agnostic, non-theistic, and theistic.
9.
TST Term.
The True Believer is an OVM viewpoint of strong commitment to a claim or topic.
10.
From History: 3 Types: Empirical, Rational, & Irrational
Avoid irrational pragmatists; they dismiss good evidence when it gets in the way.
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