Thread: A recurring DC in my dreams which doesn't behave like any other DC's

That's great to hear.
I think it's partially related to the weather, I always get slightly depressed when it gets cold/snowy outside.

The way to be rational when everything is subjective is to make no claims of knowledge.

You can form beliefs, sure, but remember that if you have no evidence aside from your feeling, you have nothing. Our feelings (and gut instincts) come from the more primitive part of our brain, the limbic system, which do not form because of what is true, but what is perceived. When someone is afraid of the dark, their fear is not because something exists in the dark, but because there might exist something in the dark. If you were to claim that there is something in the dark because you are afraid there is, then you are simply stating that there is because there might be. You have no evidence. I am not against believing without evidence, but when there is (good) evidence to the contrary, it is not reasonable to continue on believing in spite of evidence.

Also, if you are forming beliefs without evidence, make sure you preface your ideas with something like "i think", "i believe", "im not sure but," or "i have no evidence but,". Most people will not bother to do research on something a random person says on the internet unless it really interests them, which can lead to people thinking something is true because you stated it to be so, without saying that it is merely an opinion or belief.

Originally Posted by TheShadow

The way to be rational when everything is subjective is to make no claims of knowledge.

You can form beliefs, sure, but remember that if you have no evidence aside from your feeling, you have nothing. Our feelings (and gut instincts) come from the more primitive part of our brain, the limbic system, which do not form because of what is true, but what is perceived. When someone is afraid of the dark, their fear is not because something exists in the dark, but because there might exist something in the dark. If you were to claim that there is something in the dark because you are afraid there is, then you are simply stating that there is because there might be. You have no evidence. I am not against believing without evidence, but when there is (good) evidence to the contrary, it is not reasonable to continue on believing in spite of evidence.

Also, if you are forming beliefs without evidence, make sure you preface your ideas with something like "i think", "i believe", "im not sure but," or "i have no evidence but,". Most people will not bother to do research on something a random person says on the internet unless it really interests them, which can lead to people thinking something is true because you stated it to be so, without saying that it is merely an opinion or belief.

Exactly. You couldn't have said that better.

Also, I want everyone to remember that my explanation was what I thought best fit the decription of what he said. I believe it to be just that, I only have my belief and the term I feel matches best, but no more.