“You gotta believe? is a powerful baseball and sports saying that says it all.
Category: Belief
Belief is an acceptance that a statement is true or that something exists. When affirmative, it involves trust, faith or confidence in something.
“Pictures in Our Heads” and Discernment
Seeing is believing, or is it in today’s mass media shaped world?
Can You Trust What You Believe?
Can you believe it just because you believe it? How willing would you be to change your opinion on something or someone?
“You Gotta Believe”
It is going to be very hard to achieve a goal if you do not really believe that you have any chance of attaining it.
How Solid is the Truthfulness of Your Beliefs?
Being successful in your career can be greatly compromised if the larger society cannot safeguard the integrity of its public discourse.
Can You Believe What You Believe?
How confident are you about the validity of many of your beliefs?
The Problem of False Beliefs
How confident are you that most of the things you believe are actually true?
When What You Think You Know Just Ain’t So
Sometimes we have false beliefs due to things like misinformation and fake news. But sometimes it’s due to our fears and closed-mindedness.
Propaganda and What to Believe
The prevalence of propaganda forces every individual to become diligently self-examining about his or her beliefs and to use critical thinking in forming opinions and beliefs about the world they live in.
Seeing What You Want to See
Beware of allowing yourself to fall under the undue influence of rationalization. Rationalizing can undermine the integrity of our beliefs. We come to believe what we want to believe because it suits our emotional interests and needs, and not because of its truth value.