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What would it take to change your mind about the thing you're surest of?
A belief can guide your life and protect itself from every test at the same time.
Your answer
A little context
At dinner a friend asks, not unkindly, what it would take for you to stop believing in God, or to start. You know at once where you stand. What would move you is harder to say, and sometimes nothing comes.
Nearby questions
- How do you look for something when you don't know what it is?Searching seems to require knowing what to look for, yet discovery means finding what you did not know.
- If no one can tell the difference, does it matter whether you really understand?When sounding knowledgeable becomes easy, understanding must find another way to matter.
- Should you trust experts?Most of what you know rests on someone else's word: a doctor, a textbook, a map, and now a machine that answers anything.
- How do you know any of this is real?Descartes noticed that his dreams could feel as real as his days. Now some people wonder whether the whole world is a simulation.
- What makes a good question?A question can invite discovery, demand a performance, or quietly decide its own answer.
