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Questioning the Christian and American traditions I was handed. Writing to clarify the direction we should be heading.

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He uses disagreement productively. Pushback is part of his thinking process. He is not necessarily rejecting the answer; he is testing whether it can bear weight.

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But there's also a sneaky subtle arrogance that worms its way into the thought processes and prejudices of a critical thinker.

Knowledge always puffs up.

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And the tales of the conspiracy theorist explicitly accused institutions in power (government, medical, press, corporate) of deceptive practices, of coverups, of gaslighting the citizenry.

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People have real experiences that defy conventional, traditional beliefs, and they are labeled unreliable.

And some of them are. Mental illness is real.

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“Conspiracy theorist” became a slur used to denigrate people who were thought of as too eagerly agreeing with and believing anecdotal evidence.
These were people who heard stories and repeated them as fact without checking or verifying anything. 🧵👇

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@TheAlanNoble Interesting. I saw this song as and his dual disc album as experimental but a deviation away from his style.

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@mikeyanderson @MikeCosper @ckoopman @jessebryan I’ll give the first three episodes a spin and return with thoughts.

A few minutes in, I’m immediately impacted by two things:

A) High quality audio
B) NPR-like professional story-telling pace, editing

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There are a handful of people who have faded away over the years, most likely due to political, religious, and cultural differences.

I still cherish these people. I liked them for who they were. Not for how they agreed with me.

You do not have to agree to be worth knowing.

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@ChrisWillx "Conspiracy theorist" evolved into a slur to denigrate people who quickly and eagerly believed anecdotal evidence that contradicted traditional and institutional messaging.

It's lost power due to the obvious untrustworthiness of most institutions telling us what to believe.

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@sharran Those skills got me into jobs I wasn't fully qualified for early in my career.

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@TomBilyeu We need to create a digital sign that attaches to the rear vehicle window that translates speech to text to give basic warnings like your tire is flat, your gas cap is off, your payload is about to fall out, you don't know the basic rules of driving... you know, important stuff

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@TheAlanNoble So basically the things people aren't willing to compromise on. What does that say about us?

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@AlexAndBooks_ Except they aren't timeless. They are vulnerable to temperature and humidity and fire. They are sadly these brief glimpses into the soul that only last a few generations. What records from our era will survive a millennia?

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@morphon @YahooCare They've never done me wrong directly, but I haven't used a Yahoo product since fantasy football 8+ years ago.

I will say that their home page is blazing fast, so I use it to test whether my home internet is working.

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@weiss_hadas — don’t forget your em dash —

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@MrsErikaKirk @jordanbpeterson Such a confusing amalgamation of posts and public appearances.