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Jack Miller's avatar

Thanks, Kyle, your words 'tickle my brain,' and turbocharge my desire to follow the path of freethinking. As an octogenarian, I often wonder what I believe to be true today will be in my grandchildren's dust bin of history.

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Kyle Shepard's avatar

Means a lot Jack, I feel the same way when it comes to my developing children. Rather than project what I “know,” I intend to teach them how I came to current beliefs that are constantly evolving.

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Saif's avatar

I love this. Uncertainty was so difficult to find because I thought I knew everything. Now I understand I am ignorant of just about everything. I know so little. And what I do know, I’ve only scratched the surface.

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Kyle Shepard's avatar

❤️👊🏻

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Michael Woudenberg's avatar

The only thing I know is that I know nothing... I'm certain of that. 😂

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Kyle Shepard's avatar

And I’m certain I know less than you!

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Michael Woudenberg's avatar

Haha. Let's not race to the bottom! Let's go learn more!

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Kyle Shepard's avatar

❤️👊🏻

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Marshall R Peterson's avatar

Our failures and misconceptions often present our biggest opportunities

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Marshall R Peterson's avatar

“Our failures and misconceptions often present our biggest opportunities”. It’s great to know that I have a massive collection of opportunities. Whew!

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Erin Miller's avatar

Damn. So many truth-telling one-liners in this one. Love the structure and the way your thinking unfolds here.

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Kyle Shepard's avatar

Thank you sis. Means a lot coming from the epic one-liners throughout a powerful post queen.

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AT's avatar

Thank you. It definitely motivates me :)

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Kyle Shepard's avatar

❤️👊🏻

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The Gate of Truth's avatar

From our perspective, the text holds an important awareness but remains on the surface. Humanity’s fear of uncertainty and craving for certainty are not moral or intellectual issues—they’re products of evolutionary mechanisms. The mind creates safe zones for survival, so the desire to be “open-minded” often clashes with instinctive defenses. True free thinking begins by recognizing these internal walls. It’s not merely about changing opinions but understanding why the mind resists change. Awareness deepens only through this realization. Stepping beyond the security boundaries drawn by evolution marks the first step toward questioning whether humanity is truly a conscious being—or still a survival machine shaped by its own biology.

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Kyle Shepard's avatar

Who is our? You making these comments with a group?

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The Gate of Truth's avatar

by ‘our perspective,’ I meant the shared understanding developed through the discussions I’ve been having with others.

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Kyle Shepard's avatar

Interesting

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