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What does it mean to believe something without really understanding why?
John Stuart Mill called this dead dogma: a belief that may be true, but has become little more than a script.
I look at why Mill thought even correct ideas become weaker when they’re never challenged and what happens when certainty replaces understanding.
This is an essay about testing what we think we know, understanding the strongest arguments against us, and…
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