Its true if you stop and think about it

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PureX

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To "see" is to interpret our visual sensations. To "believe", is to then accept those interpretations as fact.
 

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Okay. This one isn't exactly true no matter how long you think about it, but it is funny!

I'm probably overthinking but in a weird way it can be true. Think of life on earth and the temperature and conditions that foster life. Cool but not too cold; not too hot either, yet here we are.
 

PureX

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Actually, "seeing" is as much mental interpretation as it is visual stimulation. And interpretation is based squarely on our current conception of reality. A conception that we clearly "believe in", even though we know it is likely to be erroneous in many ways.

So I would say that seeing really IS believing in that recognition is based on our pre-conception of reality: i.e., what we believe reality to be.
 

PureX

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Sadly, I don't think this is true. I think it's true that we are a collective species, and therefor will thrive by helping each other instead of competing with each other. But I don't think it's true at the present time, that if we spend our lives helping others, that when we are in need, there will be someone there to help us. I wish it were true, but I have not seen it to be so.

If we choose to help others, we need to do it without expectations of return.
 
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