Denialism: what drives people to reject the truth

Denialism: what drives people to reject the truth

I have been trying to figure out how to frame a question to members of this discussion board. This article beats around that bush a little.

Our mind fools us in many ways. An interesting example is a form of place syndrome in which a person seems to become overwhelmed by the importance/meaning of a place and potentially merging behavior with the imagined experience. Wired had a good example fo this a number of years ago. http://wired.com/2012/02/ff_jerusalemsyndrome

Based on experience with people perhaps overly enthusiastic about possible paranormal experiences, I began referring to a false form of lucidity as Hyperlucidity. https://ethericstudies.org/how-we-think/#Hyperlucidity

Of the thousands of emails I have answered from website visitors, one of the most common questions concerns if trying to contact a transitioned loved one will attract a demon or evil spirit. I answer a few questions on Quora and see that there are many questions about the fear of using an Ouija board. The fears are related and have essentially the same origin in religious lore translated into entertainment in the media. The fears can be seen to be irrational when their implications are considered. I think the fearful do not realize the need to examine the implications.

I know discernment is a cure. I also know that worldview is a pref-filter for perception. If the fear is embedded in worldview, then it tends to color abstract concepts with fearful overtones.

My problem is in finding a way to speak about the denial and the inverse of denial as irrational fear.

I am interested in your thoughts.

Denialism: what drives people to reject the truth

I have been trying to figure out how to frame a question to members of this discussion board. This article beats around that bush a little.

Our mind fools us in many ways. An interesting example is a form of place syndrome in which a person seems to become overwhelmed by the importance/meaning of a place and potentially merging behavior with the imagined experience. Wired had a good example fo this a number of years ago. http://wired.com/2012/02/ff_jerusalemsyndrome

Based on experience with people perhaps overly enthusiastic about possible paranormal experiences, I began referring to a false form of lucidity as Hyperlucidity. https://ethericstudies.org/how-we-think/#Hyperlucidity

Of the thousands of emails I have answered from website visitors, one of the most common questions concerns if trying to contact a transitioned loved one will attract a demon or evil spirit. I answer a few questions on Quora and see that there are many questions about the fear of using an Ouija board. The fears are related and have essentially the same origin in religious lore translated into entertainment in the media. The fears can be seen to be irrational when their implications are considered. I think the fearful do not realize the need to examine the implications.

I know discernment is a cure. I also know that worldview is a pref-filter for perception. If the fear is embedded in worldview, then it tends to color abstract concepts with fearful overtones.

My problem is in finding a way to speak about the denial and the inverse of denial as irrational fear.

I am interested in your thoughts.

I think perhaps you just have.

[Laird]

Denialism: what drives people to reject the truth

Just a little meta commentary on why the new plugin failed to warn you that Stan Woolley had already shared a link to this article a few days ago, despite that being its job. I haven't yet read the article itself so at this point have nothing topical to contribute.

[Ninshub]

Just a little meta commentary on why the new plugin failed to warn you that Stan Woolley had already shared a link to this article a few days ago, despite that being its job.

Not to clutter the thread, but Stan's thread was in one of the Other Topics non-psi subforums that are only viewable to members who have signed in to see them, so maybe that has something to do with it.

[Laird]

Not to clutter the thread, but Stan's thread was in one of the Other Topics non-psi subforums that are only viewable to members who have signed in to see them, so maybe that has something to do with it.

Good point - if Tom is not signed up for that forum, then the plugin would have had no visibility of Stan's thread.

Good point - if Tom is not signed up for that forum, then the plugin would have had no visibility of Stan's thread.

No problem if you want me to ‘move into the light’? 

Only kidding, I hardly hesitated when considering where I should put it!   It’s a pity though.

I conducted a search using the article title and came up with nothing.

[Laird]

I conducted a search using the article title and came up with nothing.

Sorry if my comment came across as personal criticism - the real criticism was of myself (or, rather, of the plugin I wrote); I don't expect you or any other member to be (or try to become) aware of when links have already been posted. And, as Ian pointed out, if you haven't signed up for the private forums in which Stan posted his thread, your search would have come up empty anyway.