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#1177 Have You Immunised Your Mind? - Dr. Andy Norman

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The Importance of Beliefs in Life

When you study philosophy and spend a lot of time doing it, you start to appreciate uncertainty. Our minds kind of restlessly try to replace uncertainty with certainty or belief. We invest a fair amount of ourselves in our belief systems. And then when new information arrives saying, Hey, you're wrong about something, the natural tendency is to try to protect the mental models that you've invested so much in.

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