“self-awareness depends on being able to see ourselves objectively, and that requires the ability to examine our #thoughts and emotions from a third-person perspective, not getting swept up in the #emotion, not identifying with it, but just seeing it clearly and #objectively”
- Search inside yourself

@bookstodon #books #bookreviews #bookrecommendations #quotes

Being logically consistent is something that no #human is fully capable of doing. NEVER feel guilty for having #logical inconsistencies in your #thought processes.

Sometimes it's worth clearing out the inconsistencies. When it makes you and the world around you better to clear them out, then you should totally do it. But where it improves your personal #life to hold onto a singular inconsistency or two, so long as it affects no one else in a negative way, there's no harm in keeping it. Like a prized object or a memento of the past.

For example: I am a strong #atheist. I do not believe that any higher-order #intelligence or intelligences exist in our universe. If I ever see #evidence for one, I'll be very surprised. This is because I've seen and felt what most people consider #evidence of the #supernatural, and when I consider it in the context of what I know about human #psychology, I don't find the evidence for the supernatural convincing.

Despite this, among my #headmates, I have a goddess. She is my personal god, mine alone to worship or not as I see fit. And I am Her only human, to bless or to punish as She sees fit. I could frame Her existence in a number of different ways (most of which are probably way more accurate), but since considering her my personal god literally affects no one outside of my #system, it doesn't matter what I do. All that matters is that it serves to my benefit and to the benefit of those around me. As far as I can tell, it seems to, so I'm happy with the framework I've chosen for Her.

You will NEVER perceive #reality "as it is" anyway. None of your senses are designed to accomplish that; nature would never have selected for them. It's worth trying to understand what reality's underlying #structure is, and #physicists learn a little bit more about it every year, but you can't live your life like a #quantum particle. No matter how hard you try, people will always be able to tell both how fast you're moving and where you are, and they'll be able to do both at the same time.

We are human #beings. Human beings are not #logic machines, nor are we computers, and to pretend to be what we are not can do us more harm than good. Our #decision-making processes include #emotional #processing. They don't, and can't, exist independently of these. Additionally, being #insightful about where our logical reasoning capabilities find their limits is better than pretending that you have "#objectivity" when you try to do things like create policies or enact laws.

The latter person is likelier to make mistakes they believe are #objectively #true, even when presented with evidence directly contradicting their views (e.g., anti-trans legislators).

We can do better than that, just by understanding ourselves more.

I've just learned that calling #SuellaBraverman a #Daft #Bint over on #twitter.
Is a #sanctionable #offence.
Even with actual evidence of her #Stupidity and #cruelty
Odd that, One can be #Legislatively, #objectively & #deliberately #Cruel
Aswell as #provably #thick
But?
Pointing out that #Knowsley is directly attributable to her words and policies is #incitement?

It is a little known fact that you can get the entire #Marvel #infinitywar saga in long form chapter book kids' novels. One for each movie/hero, more than you could shake an #InfinityGauntlet at. I know because I'm reading them to my son. It is probably little known because they are #objectively #terrible literature and #problematic! (But he loves them, and I decrypt what I can of the text..)

I unfortunately have to announce, with great sadness, that “objectively” has joined the ranks of words like “literally” which now mean the opposite of what they used to mean.

May your god have mercy on your soul.

#literally #objectively #stopTheMadness

Does #physical #reality #objectively exist?
🧐😲
Now #relativity and #quantum #physics say otherwise : a set of assumptions that came along with our notion of reality are no longer universally agreed upon.

https://bigthink.com/starts-with-a-bang/reality-objective-exist/

"it is what it is!'.

This phrase is #objectively logical - in the context I heard it's use was #subjective #VitueSignalling

People may say "it is what it is!" even when they may not understand what it, is.

"X=X" is an over use of "X's". Therefore, saying "X!" or "is!" means the same as saying "it is what it is!. Although, maybe deductively saying "is!" doesn't appear as socially meaningful

"subjectivity" + "Object" = #BioChemistry perception of #NonBioChemistry

#Psychology #CellTheory

A phrase that l have heard is - "it is what it is!'. This phrase is #objectively logical, though, in the context I heard it's use was #subjective #VitueSignalling

People say "it is what it is!" when they don't understand what it, is.

"X=X" is an over use of "X's". Therefore, only saying "X!" or "is!" means the same as saying "it is what it is!. However, maybe simply saying "is!" doesn't appear as socially meaningful.

So, what is "it?". #biology! & so is you!

#Psychology #CellTheory