Not gain knowledge or gain the right knowledge or even think better, because those are constrained to certain assumptions. I want to escape illusions. How do I do that and get better at that?
Not gain knowledge or gain the right knowledge or even think better, because those are constrained to certain assumptions. I want to escape illusions. How do I do that and get better at that?
By illusions you mean misinformation or bad arguments? Learn the logical fallacies and look for them. It’s astounding how people use them unknowingly or even knowingly. Watch videos on deconstructing arguments.
The main source of illusions that I can think of is errors of perspective.
For example if you stare at a beige wall all the time you might conclude that the universe is beige, and the evidence would support that conclusion, but of course you are wrong.
Another is the illusion of scale. Where, when something is close it looks large, but when it is distant it looks small. This works for everything, sights, sounds, thoughts…
And of course one’s thinking is built upon this shaky foundation.
You could have just said “yeah”
lol the only illusion here is the illusion that you’re a human being worth talking to. Try crack that one first, hombre.
Learning new perspectives means you just need to learn more, get out of your comfort zone, entertain new ideas, do a lot of thought experiments. BUT you have to be aware of propaganda and misinformation techniques, so my original thoughts still work.
There’s a saying that the mark of intelligence is entertaining an idea without accepting it. Entertain ideas, learn how to analyze them, watch out for fallacies from them and from yourself.