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Why you think you're right — even if you're wrong

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Perspective is everything, especially when it comes to examining your beliefs. Are you a soldier, prone to defending your viewpoint at all costs — or a scout, spurred by curiosity? Julia Galef examines the motivations behind these two mindsets and how they shape the way we interpret information, interweaved with a compelling history lesson from 19th-century France.

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The real victorious mindset

The best mindset for these difficult and turbulent times it's neither the soldier nor the scout mindset. The victorious one is the mindset of the leader: you must first lead the exoloration, the study of the enemy and search the reality that you must face. Then, with all the best knowledge, informations and datas about the factual reality, you shoould begin the battle to make your beliefs triumphant. An idea or opinion could be successfull only if is based on reality, with checked facts.

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