> [!infobox] <s class="aside-in"><em>mentioned in 1 topic, 10 evergreens</em></s> #### [[Searching for THE answer is dangerous]] If you only search for **THE** answer to your question (the one that will mean you don't have to keep thinking about it), ^[This is a natural response because [[Knowledge of an unjust world is painful]], but [[Realism must acknowledge optimism's existence and effectiveness]]] you wall yourself off to better [[understanding]] and you lose sight of the actual point of [[education]]. %% #TO/PONDER/IDEA what is the the point of education? [[We learn by transforming information into understanding]]? breaking us out of presuppositions? answering our inherent wonder? [[Humans transfer their wonder into creativity]]? %% The additional questions, or the lack of answers that stem from the question you're asking are important! You are trying to look for better [[understanding]], but if you more interested in satisfying your [[cognitive dissonance]] or [[ignorance]] you going accept answers that are built off of logical fallacies and and aren't open to new [[information]]. [[You can't control what happens]], similarly you can't control what answer you are going to find, you can only control how you look for it. If you spend a long time looking for this answer you will [[subconscious|subconsciously]] be unwilling to accept criticism of that point when you try to communicate it to others. ^[[[Human's have an inability to admit that they are wrong]]] This is why:: you should [[Look for understanding before you look for solutions]]. What is the root of this trait? - [[Worldviews should not make life seem easy and simple]] because they make us believe that there are simple answers to complex problems - [[You will never be pushed to understand marginalization unless you are part of a marginalized group]] leads to you being unused to grappling with new perspectives [[Humans are addicted to believing]], so ingraining a [[belief]] is much easier than removing it, especially when this [[belief]] is built in [[childhood]]. ^[[[Children make wide assumptions about the world]]] This is why [[stereotype|stereotypes]] are so dangerous. Once you have [[stereotype|stereotyped]] something, you are less likely to accept new [[information]] about that thing. ^[[[Stereotyping has the psychological goal of comprehension and self-enhancement]] suggests that stereotyping is actually supposed to help us gather information, but because:: [[Human's have an inability to admit that they are wrong]] this can be very dangerous] One of the most common places you see this trait is in organized [[Christianity]]. From the [[Galileo]] to [[abortion]], [[Christianity]] has struggled to accept new perspectives and views, leading to their own demise. ^[[[The church will fail if christians keep aligning themselves with hate instead of love]]] This is ironic because the origins of religion are built off of our need to [[Humans transfer their wonder into creativity|transfer our wonder into creativity]]. ^[[[The materialistic view of religions examines why humans invented and clung to religion]]] ### <hr class="footnote"/> **Status**:: #EVER/GREEN *edited 7:35 AM - July 08, 2022* **Topics**:: [[inter-personal communication]], [[self-actualization]], [[self-enhancement]], [[Life principles]]