Popularly accepted ideas may not always be accurate or true.
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.
What You Believe and Social Influence
Sometimes people, and often a lot of them, can become convinced to believe rationally questionable ideas.
The Power of Believing in Yourself
“You gotta believe? is a powerful baseball and sports saying that says it all.
“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.