Comments by "ncwordman" (@ncwordman) on "Caller SHOCKED that I DON'T believe in psychics" video.
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There are people who can "doublethink" naturally. It's like their talent. On the one hand, they fully accept the science of medicine, the engineering of trucks, cars, and planes; on the other, they assume their beliefs are facts. To really believe in something, one must also accept that they don't know the facts about it--otherwise they wouldn't say, "I believe...," but, "I know...."
Believing is the absence of facts. Yet, somehow, they come to see what they don't know as what they do know. Because of this, beliefs can be dangerous: Such people come up with their own version of reality. That's called psychosis.
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