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As a post-doctoral psychologist let me assure you (comfortable or not) every person's reality is a construction and is individually different and unique, shared by no other person, past, present and future. As a result, I am a confirmed epistemplpgist - How do I know what I know? How do I know what is true? I filter my own perceptions; I challenge what experts and authorities say and write; I weigh the arguments of all sides of belief and conviction. I trust my own perceptions and judgments but certainly not 100%.

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Thank you for the professional pov. I’ve been challenged in the last few years with a growing trend of worldviews I find hard not only to believe but accept that anyone could believe…and buy into. Makes me confused, mad, and sad.

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Why can I not type? Is it my age? epistemologist. Epistemology = the theory of knowledge, the philosophical consideration of truth and how we know it.

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Spelling and typing is overrated. I knew what you were trying to say. Success! Also, I don’t exactly get all the words right either. So much for all those English classes. I blame my brain and my thumbs. They know better but pretend to be dumb. :-p

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