WWB Trainer
WWB Key Ideas
MODE:
~
4 minutes
of short abstracts.
Spirituality.
Some random key ideas.
1.
The awareness of personal mortality likely emerged gradually in the genus Homo, becoming probable by the time of Homo heidelbergensis and unmistakable in Neanderthals and early Homo sapiens.
2.
Quote:
- Michael Alan Prestwood.
From History:
Meaning:
Frameworks are human-made interpretations, but truth is measured by alignment with a reality that exists independently of them.
3.
From History: Reference Date: 2200 CE (+/- 50 years)
The Dawn of Empirical Spirituality imagines a future where religion better distinguishes truth from belief. Spiritual traditions may endure by honoring meaning, morality, and the unknowable while yielding empirical claims to science.
4.
This is your life. Embrace the beliefs you understand and believe in, not just the beliefs you inherited.
5.
Quote:
- David Hume.
- 1739.
From History:
Meaning:
Confidence should rise with support, not desire.
6.
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, nontheistic, and theistic.
7.
Pythagoras exemplifies rational pragmatism and reminds us that authority is often topic specific. Choose your authorities carefully, because good authority is usually limited to a specific set of subjects.
8.
Quote:
- W. V. O. Quine.
From History:
Meaning:
Never defend a belief blindly; examine the larger web around it and decide what fits your authentic self.
9.
From History:
It takes work, but OVM structures disagreement so that clarity replaces tribalismm, and calibrated dialogue replaces dogmatic assertion.
10.
Beliefs deserve confidence only when they are justified. Truth helps determine degree of confidence in public belief.
Done. Refresh for another set.
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