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10-04-2007, 07:38 PM
Re: How can you know if you're brainwashed
I think there are at least three ways to understand if your views are the result of brainwashing.

1.. Can your views be proven. If not, then you must treat your views with a degree of caution, no matter how precious, and be willing to fairly evaluate other views.

1.. Can your views be disproven. eg: God cannot be disproven. It is not open to testing. Einstein's relativity may be disproven by experiment. It is open to testing. Your views must also be capable of being disproven otherwise you must treat them with a degree of caution.

2.. Carefully evaluate other viewpoints. If they are different but just as valid as yours then neither/none can be totally correct. You have not yet found the truth.

You cannot be brainwashed if you are continually open to new ideas. Its only when you have an 'idee fixe' that brainwashing becomes possible.

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