[rjm101]

(Original post by diving_queen)
I sometimes wonder if I think totally differently to the majority of people...I can't switch my brain off.

If I'm sitting on a train I look outside, then at the sky and boom. Brain goes into overload about the insignificance of humans in relation to the universe and I can spend an entire hour pondering about the complex inter-specieal (is this a word?!) links on our tiny planet.

That or I am trying to figure out how the train is running, chair was made, where did the fibres come from..the plastic to make the chair. Where was the carpet imported from? Hell it just never stops.

My friends think I am insane.

EDIT: Aw Negged for being honest. Guess I am the same as everyone else then

Have you by any chance seen the pale blue planet video?

Also if you cant switch stop thinking then how on earth do you go to sleep?

[geetar]

I don't think that Jeremy Clarkson should be the Prime Minister.

[Miss_Scarlett]

I sometimes feel I dont fit in anywhere.... :/

[twinlensreflex]

No one sees like me - I'm visually impaired so my vision is totally unique. It can be a bitch, but it does make me different. And I guess my...devotion to art/photography; I can name you quite a few (dangerous) chemicals that can be used to create photographic prints. (coincidentally I've used quite a few of 'em, not many 17 year olds can say that).

[Stressworthy]

Looks and ethnicity aside, I do feel I think about different things to everyone else. I can't switch my brain off. I think about the universe, different cultures, what things might have been like in history, fantasy worlds in literature, sometimes think obsessively about other trivial things like the past, what's shaped me today, my personality, boys, where I'm going in life, my family, what I look like, my weight. I know everyone thinks about this stuff but I feel like I'm always connected to these other things and can never seem to focus on the task at hand. And that's probably where I'm going wrong.

[Iron Lady]

I have morals.

[Super Mario 64]

(Original post by diving_queen)
I sometimes wonder if I think totally differently to the majority of people...I can't switch my brain off.

If I'm sitting on a train I look outside, then at the sky and boom. Brain goes into overload about the insignificance of humans in relation to the universe and I can spend an entire hour pondering about the complex inter-specieal (is this a word?!) links on our tiny planet.

That or I am trying to figure out how the train is running, chair was made, where did the fibres come from..the plastic to make the chair. Where was the carpet imported from? Hell it just never stops.

My friends think I am insane.

EDIT: Aw Negged for being honest. Guess I am the same as everyone else then

This is me also! Aaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.

[harmony_01]

(Original post by Aisha~~)
No, you're confusing social status with self-perception. Dunning-Kruger effect kicks in when a person has unfaltering confidence in his/her understanding of the world. They believe that they are inherently correct. No other answer can be correct in their minds. The problem arises since your skills in assessing an argument, are the same skills you use to form an argument. It results in circular reasoning, as seen in teleological arguments. Your description of yourself matches the Dunning-Kruger illusion perfectly. If the thoery is correct, arguing with you is futile. You will forever be blinded to the reality of the situation by your own confidence. You will never see past it, in fact you will probably attempt to refute that fact as well, to maintain your perceived standing in the argument.

To add to your other point: no, I would never be so arrogant as to claim there is, or there isn't a God. No human can ever give direct empirical evidence as to the existence of God, therefore it is ignorant and silly to claim either. However, there are cases where belief in God is beneficial. Or more, there are PEOPLE that will find more benefit in belief in the existence of God, than agnostic or atheist beliefs. These are people that want a quick answer, they want to be satisfied that someone else has answered their questions. They don't really mind how correct, or valid the answers are. It can have beneficial effects on a persons life when they have a 'foundation' of perceived truths, which allow them to get along with the rest of their life in peace. However the problem is, humans have innate curiosity for everything in life. It's the reason we are a medium-sized mammalian species with a population of 7 billion. We like to learn new things, we adapt quickly, and we have creative and problem-solving thought processes. But in order for us to learn, develop, and adapt, we need to have the ability to doubt and second-guess our own understanding (hence: research). If we have an unfaltering belief in our own understanding, we will never make progress in knowledge.

Imagine if, in your first years of primary school, you were taught that 1+1=5, and cars are powered by burning kittens. Imagine you never questioned that knowledge, you were never told any different, throughout your life. Imagine that knowledge was passed down to your children, to their children, and so on, never once being subject to questioning, or thought of differently. Just think of the profound implication that could have, on both yourself, and others around you. This is exactly why unfaltering belief in God is detrimental. A few hundred years ago things like gravity, thunder, the tides, were all explained away as acts of God. Until someone questioned that assumption. Now we know differently, that gravity is a result of the curvature of space-time, that thunder is the discharge of static electricity from clouds, that the tides are a result of the orbit of the moon. Humans would never have progressed to be such a successful species, if we never doubted our own beliefs.

You assume way too much about me. Of course I have doubts about the belief in God, but that doesn't necessarily equate to disbelief altogether. I haven't been brainwashed either and the example given of it being passed down to children forever without questioning, I just think that's heading for a slippery slope there. I'm human just as you are. So what makes you think that somehow I cannot think for myself. Someone can reach the belief in God in a rational way.

Please define reality? It's becoming evidently clear, that it is you (not me) that disregards any opposition because it challenges your preconceptions. Hence why I can agree, this is ''futile''.

[Aisha~~]

(Original post by harmony_01)
So what makes you think that somehow I cannot think for myself.

Your original post. Someone is curious about the world, thinking about problems, etc. Your answer to that is to believe in God. This would then answer such questions. If this isn't the point you're putting forward, your original post is irrelevant, and a bit weird.

Someone can reach the belief in God in a rational way.

Show me how you do that.

Please define reality?

The situation as it would be seen without the veil of perception, from either party.

It's becoming evidently clear, that it is you (not me) that disregards any opposition because it challenges your preconceptions. Hence why I can agree, this is ''futile''.

I'm not disregarding you. That's the point. Your views do not challenge mine because I have none on the existence of God. Nobody can empirically know if there is a God. I'm challenging you on the subject of using God as a foundation in life. I have no preconception there.

[cmoore094]

My lazy eye.

[mel_1991]

(Original post by _music<3)
Batman would never be so open about his identity, you're clearly a fraud.

Perhaps or maybe I just want you to think I'm a fraud....