Saturday Aug 25, 2007

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It's amazing the power our brains hold to convince us that the obvious is untrue. All we really have to do is want something to be true or untrue, and our brains muster beliefs and faulty observations and interpretations to construct "truth." Think how different our lives would be without our self-deceptions, large and small. Would things be better? Worse? What do you think?
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illstabyou:
Much (MUCH) worse. My whole life has been me convincing myself the untrue is true -- that I'm awesome, that there's space aliens, that there is such thing as the Easter Bunny (but not Santa), that Elvis isn't dead, etc.

My world would fall apart! wink
galaxy42:
I'm gonig with worse. The mind will block out some things that you might wish that it didn't... but it also blocks out a whole hell of a lot that you'll be happiest not knowing about.

I won't speculate whether or not my roadtrip will be a good thing or bad thing if we end up stumbling around drunk... it is what it is. whatever

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