Extralogical Reasoning: Freethinking in an Unthinking World
It's not easy being a freethinker in an unthinking world. If one's imagination isn't confined to how things are or how they're supposed to be and they can imagine what could or should be, this adds additional variables to an already highly complex puzzle. Sadly, help is few and far between: Few recognize the complexity of the puzzle, even fewer the additional variables. A belief is a component of a model of reality, and everyone needs definite (even if dynamic) models to function. To one degree or another, everyone thinks about their beliefs. This process is never entirely successful, nor entirely unsuccessful. Freethinkers are the precious few who appreciate that a consensus in opinion can’t determine fact and resist adopting beliefs they don’t sufficiently understand--including their own. To understand something or solve a problem, one must answer a series of questions that leads to a final solution. Since few question commonly held beliefs, freethinkers must not onl...