Quantum Immortality Test

[JohnEmmett]

What is that supposed to mean?

You are convinced by doubt.

 

[Bungle_Bear]

You are convinced by doubt.

Better doubt than tomfoolery and conspiracy.

 

[JohnEmmett]

Better doubt than tomfoolery and conspiracy.

Such is your perspective…

 

[Bungle_Bear]

Such is your perspective…

Obviously. And yours is clearly that tomfoolery and conspiracy is better. Ho hum.

 

[JohnEmmett]

Obviously. And yours is clearly that tomfoolery and conspiracy is better. Ho hum.

You believe that?

 

[Bungle_Bear]

You believe that?

You tell me. You claim to know everything else about my mental processes.

 

[JohnEmmett]

You tell me.

Perhaps… the Mandela Effect is a conspiracy.

I do not know…

 

[Tinker Grey]

Perhaps… the Mandela Effect is a conspiracy.

I do not know…

How might you find out?

 

[JohnEmmett]

How might you find out?

…

 

[Bungle_Bear]

Perhaps… the Mandela Effect is a conspiracy.

More likely it's tomfoolery.

 

[FrumiousBandersnatch]

What is that supposed to mean?

It's a 'deepity'.

I found the ideal book for nonsense like the Mandela effect - Schick & Vaughn's 'How to Think About Weird Things', a critical thinking guide for evaluating 'exotic' claims.

Here are some links about memory unreliability that he's unlikely to read:

Why I’m Skeptical of Eyewitnesses
The 'Mandela Effect' and How Your Mind is Playing Tricks on You
How Much of Your Memory is True?
Memory Distortion & Invention
False Autobiographical Memories
Seven Sins of Memory
The Memory Doctor
How accurate are Memories of 9/11?
Memory is Unreliable - and it could be worse
List of Memory Biases

 

[JohnEmmett]

I suppose the skeptic is afraid of weird.

Afraid to appear foolish.

 

[JohnEmmett]

It's a 'deepity'.

You speak such words. Not I.

 

[FrumiousBandersnatch]

I suppose the skeptic is afraid of weird.

Not really; as the book points out, plenty of weird and strange things turn out to be true. The point is to use rational methods to make rational decisions about claims. This requires both critical thinking and some reliable knowledge of the subject in question - which often means some study.

Without the application of critical thinking and basic knowledge, you're vulnerable to woo, pseudoscience, hucksterism, baloney, bunk, flim-flam, magical thinking, superstition, and wishful thinking.

As the saying goes, "Keep an open mind, but not so open that your brains fall out".

1 Corinthians 13:11.

 

[JohnEmmett]

1 Corinthians 13:11.

At least you are quoting the Bible.

 

[FrumiousBandersnatch]

At least you are quoting the Bible.

Quotes should make a point independent of their source. The bible is very quotable but equally short on verifiable fact.

 

[JohnEmmett]

The bible is very quotable but equally short on verifiable fact.

Faith is necessary to verify.

 

[FrumiousBandersnatch]

Faith is necessary to verify.

No; evidence only.

 

[JohnEmmett]

No; evidence only.

Fail…

 

[JohnEmmett]

No; evidence only.

Hebrews 11:1
Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.

King James Version