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What is a belief you’ve done a total 180 on? (lemmy.ca)
submitted 5 months ago by to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world
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I used to be strictly materialist and atheist. Now I’m pretty spiritual. Don’t necessarily follow a religion and don’t support bigotry but yeah, I’m fairly spiritual now. This is a recent development and I never thought I’d be here like 5 years ago.

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[–] 1 point 5 months ago (1 child)

Cool, do you think the belief in physical reality can be harmful?

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  • [–] 3 points 5 months ago (1 child)

    I think you have to operate in the framework of the sensory world when acting within the sensory world, and like using science and stuff to work out what's likely to happen if you do certain things as opposed to other things. But that's not the same as saying that you believe the physical world is real

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  • [–] 0 points 4 months ago

    I think we should use science to manipulate our senses for good, regardless of alignment with reality. But the realists say we should only use science to get closer to reality. I think they're stifling scientific progress.

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