Skeptiko - What I Know
We all have different beliefs about... well, everything. And no matter how sure you are about your beliefs there are others who think you're the crazy one. I've flubbed a lot interviews assuming I knew someone's beliefs when I didn't.
I've put together this questionnaire as way of sharing beliefs: mine... yours... and others thought leaders I've talked to.
Feel free to skip around and answer as many questions as you like.
Check all that apply.
Science? (check all that apply)
Yes... duh... progress... iPhones and stuff
No... duh... myth of progress... nuclear annihilation and stuff
...a method not a position statement
Extraordinary claims, require extraordinary proof
You get what you pay for
Inextricably linked to scientific materialism
Other:
Consciousness? (check all that apply)
Yes... I'm in here... the only thing we know for sure
Mind is an epiphenomenon of brain activity
"Consciousness is an illusion" -- Daniel Dennett
"Consciousness is probably nothing" -- Neil deGrasse Tyson
"...a social construct" -- Sam Harris
"[if God is dead] The only philosophical question is suicide" -- Albert Camus
Consciousness is fundamental
We are "in" consciousness
Do you mean the hard problem of consciousness?
Do you mean the "easy" problem of consciousness?
Other:
Skepticism? (check all that apply)
Skepticism is a part of science
Skepticism implies meta-knowledge and his counter to science
Don't be so open-minded that your head falls out
Inquiry to perpetuate doubt is a good thing
Don't be a chump
Other:
Spirituality? (check all that apply)
Yes... who am I... why am I here?
No... I am a biological robot in a meaningless universe... deal with it!
Maybe... I'm agnostic... no, really, I'm really really agnostic
IDKIDC
It only matters if you believe it
That's not a question!
Evidence suggests extended realms of consciousness exist and interact with us
Other:
Extended consciousness? (check all that apply)
What?
Angels and demons are balony
Astral travel, out of body experience, shamanic journeying... it's balony
After-death communication, dream yoga, ET telepathy... it's balony
It's not balony, but it's not what you think
We're trying to learn more about this
We're discouraging anyone from learning more about this
Other:
Evil? (check all that apply)
A social construct
I know it when I see it
Satanic stuff
Stannic panic stuff
Who am I to judge
"Do what thou wilt"
See, the Bible
There is a moral imperative, do good not evil
God can't be all powerful and all good
Create better than the creator gods
Other:
Conspiracy Theory? (check all that apply)
Yes
No
Sometimes
The term "conspiracy theory" is a conspiracy
"Large-scale conspiracies would quickly reveal themselves"
"What do all men with power want... more power" -- The Oracle, Matrix
"more dangerous than ever" -- Washington Post
It's not what you think
Usually the best starting point
Other:
Religion? (check all that apply)
Good for social cohesion
The highest expression of humanity
A path to transcendency
An unnecessary intermediary
Cultish or at least leaning on cultish principles
Works for me and hundreds of millions of others
Religious people should coexist (but mine is really best)
Scientology is a cult
Other:
Christianity? (check all that apply)
Woven into the fabric of Western civilization
The path to transcendency
What Jesus told us
What Jesus told me
Cultish or at least leaning on cultish principles
A few bad apples
Institutionalized abuse
The highest expression of humanity
Other:
Near-Death Experience? (check all that apply)
It's science
It's not science yet, but it could be
It could never be scientific... just stories
Highly suggestive of consciousness beyond death
"Near" death means they weren't dead
Can be explained by brain activity we're unable to measure
Why I answered "yes" to the spirituality question
Other:
Yoga? (check all that apply)
Yes
No
World? What world?
It's not going to work out
Everything is gonna be ok
I'm not flexible
breath and release
Other:
We're living in a simulation (check all that apply)
Yes
No
Simulation of what (infinite regress)?
"If they can they will"
If so, it's still "me" experiencing it
Other:
UFO/ET? (check all that apply)
Yes
No
UFO maybe, ET no
Yes, because the New York Times said so
Those videos can be faked
Yes, but it's not what people think
We live in a big place
Other:
Flat Earth? (check all that apply)
Yes
No
Spherically neutral
Elon Musk: Why is there no Flat Mars Society?
Suspicious... I mean, why is everyone talking about it like it's a real thing?
Other:
Pizzagate? (check all that apply)
Conspiracy theories are dangerous
Conspiracy theories about conspiracy theories are dangerous
What is "pizzagate"?
A political PSYOP
Occult practices by high-ranking government officials
Other:
Cancel Culture? (check all that apply)
Yes
No
Google/YouTube, Facebook and Twitter have the right...
The fourth estate has fallen
I long for the good old days demonetization and shadow banning
Other:
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