Your decisions are not anymore intelligent than what has been taught to you.
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and therein lies the basic difference between the two bodies of posters here at EvC. I think he really beluieves that statement, as do many others here at EvC. They believe they are the sum of what they have been taught.
There are two groups of thinkers in this world, those who look for answers to questions, and those who look for the questions to answers.
riVeRraT, many folk are not the sum of what they are taught, infact some are even known to question what they are taught.
Excellent observation and analysis, jar, thanks.
I think, for me, I am the sum of what I have learned, not just what I was taught.
An awful lot of my learning has happened on my own, inside my own head, as a result of life experience or introspection and reflection.
Goodness, an awful lot of what my parents taught me I have had to UNlearn because it was so small-minded, hateful, or just plain wrong.