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JustinDFuller authored Oct 6, 2024
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Thoughts flow easy in the head but are hard to pull off the tongue.

Life bent to principles is suffocating, principles bent from life are... what?
Life bent to principles is suffocating, principles bent from life are flimsy.

Dogma serves itself, but curiosity serves the truth.

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The lowest level of curiosity spurs no questions. An elevated level exhibits confusion about the actions and thoughts of the external. The highest level is perplexed by even the internal.

To gain even fifty percent approval is a feat. Humans are evolutionarily-wired to disagree over everything. It is our greatest strength and weakness.

Tacit concent provides a convenient excuse to dismiss objection. Express consent must provide an avenue to revoke.

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