Joseph Reagle on H. G. Wells's "World Brain" (1937)
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How Do You Understand What You Believe?
H g Wells's original naivete ecause right now we seem to be living in a world where everyone is arguing about, you know, masks er useless. And people are just knocking heads there. But if we can instead say, well, why do you believe what it is that you believe? What are the sources of your belief? Would that belief stand if i took the same reasoning and applied it to a different case, or even your opponent's case? That is intriguing me this year. This is one of my obsessions r last past couple of months at least, of maybe engaging with and teaching critical thinking in a positive, constructive way. Because that earlier version of you should look
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