veff 🌙 on Nostr: I actually wrote about that too, in... hold on let me find it. Journal entry, ...

I actually wrote about that too, in... hold on let me find it.
Journal entry, 06/06/2023. probably rambly and not worth reading:

>it's odd that we contain ideas that sometimes clash and contradict in very large ways, yet often are blind to these inconsistencies or continue with them long after being exposed to them. (My favorite inconsistency (personally) are ardent marxists who are simultaneously feminists, but that is very low hanging fruit and speaks little to the volume of inconsistent ideas that I myself hold)
>If you look through and read old philosophies like gnosticism, hermeticism, stoicism, aristotelianism, etc. it's likely that you will see some very intriguing lenses to parse the world through, although the chance that you will accept everything and declare yourself as an ardent follower of those philosophies is probably very low. (and if you find yourself switching ideologies rapidly after learning about them, consider that you may be very easily influenced, or you possibly just have poor knowledge retention)
>In truth, humans are very good at catching novel ideas off others and using it as a tool in conjunction with their already existing worldview. This is natural and largely beneficial, as you can better filter information through varied worldviews and come to a more personalized understanding of how things work. This is, in my opinion, what differentiates the real human beans™️ from the unwashed NPC masses. Or maybe the "NPCs" just have an unlucky combination of a lower volume of lenses combined with poor lense quality, and lack the desire to broaden that aspect of themselves. After all, who needs to learn the complex orgins of modern philosophical reasoning when you can compare every interaction to Star Wars or Harry Potter?
>Regardless, one observation that arrises from this laissez-faire system of retention is that eventually you will run into phenomena which have contradictory explanations- two beliefs that you may have initially held simultaneously are now at ends with each other. When this problem presents itself, you feel a specific form of cognitive dissonance. The response to this can manifest in several ways:
>One worldview will overtake the other, with the lesser view taking a lower priority;
>One worldview will overtake the other, with the lesser view being removed from your lenses completely;
>The issue is shelved, retaining both beliefs in a schrödinger fashion until one is deemed less probable;
>The dominant yet irrational worldview retaining a higher priority than the more rational view, usually accompanied by a thought-terminating cliché.