@HippiesConOsde I always can’t seem to fathom why a supposed human being would display so much hatred towards another human being; this is not supposed to be normal.
Bayes’ theorem is probably the single most important thing any rational person can learn.
So many of our debates and disagreements that we shout about are because we don’t understand Bayes’ theorem or how human rationality often works.
Bayes’ theorem is named after the 18th-century Thomas Bayes, and essentially it’s a formula that asks: when you are presented with all of the evidence for something, how much should you believe it?
Bayes’ theorem teaches us that our beliefs are not fixed; they are probabilities. Our beliefs change as we weigh new evidence against our assumptions, or our priors. In other words, we all carry certain ideas about how the world works, and new evidence can challenge them.
For example, somebody might believe that smoking is safe, that stress causes mouth ulcers, or that human activity is unrelated to climate change. These are their priors, their starting points. They can be formed by our culture, our biases, or even incomplete information.
Now imagine a new study comes along that challenges one of your priors. A single study might not carry enough weight to overturn your existing beliefs. But as studies accumulate, eventually the scales may tip. At some point, your prior will become less and less plausible.
Bayes’ theorem argues that being rational is not about black and white. It’s not even about true or false. It’s about what is most reasonable based on the best available evidence. But for this to work, we need to be presented with as much high-quality data as possible. Without evidence—without belief-forming data—we are left only with our priors and biases. And those aren’t all that rational.
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@SJamgbadi@better_men Dat means if u had read it the way the writer intended it to be read, u wud have read Heb 12:29 in tandem with Heb 13:1, nd u wud hv seen dat “consuming fire” was referring to the brotherly love that consumes offenses; dis how we serve God by loving one anoda as Christ did.
@SJamgbadi@better_men Finally, to conclude all this, the book of Hebrews that you quoted in ur response was not originally written in chapters and verses (they came as a result of Bible translators)