| GameOver22 said: Good point. Poor wording on my part. What I mean is that I can choose to belief something different based on information I'm exposed to. For example, in one of my post, I mentioned my belief that Iraq had WMDs, which changed when I gathered more information. At first, I held one belief. This belief then changed, and I subsequently held a different belief (Iraq didn't have WMDs). In other words, I gained more information, and I used this information to choose a new belief. |
While I do agree that people can choose to put forth an effort to obtain information to alter their beliefs, I don't think people choose which specific belief they will obtain (which is what I think the OP is saying). Yes, you can gain information willingly. But how your brain analyzes that information and how it draws conclusion on the world...I don't think we choose that. Your brain, if it's healthy, will try to make conclusions that it deems to be the most accurate of the world.
