The word choice was intentional. Since alternative is a loaded word. People don’t think of an insane’s relatives facebook post when you say “alternative to conventional medical knowledge”.
Everybody can agree that there were historical situations in which this was the right thing to do, and others in which this was the wrong thing to do. So the question is: how to distinguish them?
There obviously were, but in aggregate the establishment opinion is likely the correct one unless you have very good proof that you are surrounded by geniuses which can give you a better take.
Also, please note that I’m calling for “starting with” the establishment view, not limiting yourself to it.
That we are unconsciously suggestible to information is a valuable point. Now, this begs the question: why do some people leave cultish beliefs after being raised in them?
What’s the chance those people still hold a lot of misguided beliefs and leaving the cult took and still takes a great deal of time spent reasoning through the false beliefs they were indoctrinated with.
See first heading, I’m not claiming truth doesn’t win over falsehood in the end (or rather that more probable beliefs don’t win over less probable alternatives), only that significant mental energy must be spend for such a thing to happen, and we can’t do it with every single belief we have.
The word choice was intentional. Since alternative is a loaded word. People don’t think of an insane’s relatives facebook post when you say “alternative to conventional medical knowledge”.
There obviously were, but in aggregate the establishment opinion is likely the correct one unless you have very good proof that you are surrounded by geniuses which can give you a better take.
Also, please note that I’m calling for “starting with” the establishment view, not limiting yourself to it.
What’s the chance those people still hold a lot of misguided beliefs and leaving the cult took and still takes a great deal of time spent reasoning through the false beliefs they were indoctrinated with.
See first heading, I’m not claiming truth doesn’t win over falsehood in the end (or rather that more probable beliefs don’t win over less probable alternatives), only that significant mental energy must be spend for such a thing to happen, and we can’t do it with every single belief we have.