I believe things because that’s the way I perceive them. That is until someone presents more evidence or a convincing argument. But when they convince me, is that something that I can control. I can choose to be intellectually dishonest which many people do but I think that is a different matter. We cannot, if we try, choose to disbelieve a deeply held belief, even if it were for a few minutes. So, do we choose what we believe or is it out of our hands?

Topics: psychology, philosophy, brain, ideas, mind, epistemology, beliefs, belief systems