Why we need to normalize changing our beliefs in light of new information!

Recently it's been bothering me that when I talk to people about what I study they always want me to confirm their beliefs for them. They’ll want me to help build up their beliefs and help confirm their beliefs for them. And let me tell you this is a challenging thing especially when I deal so much with uncertainty with my own beliefs in philosophy and how I am constantly changing and building upon my belief system. But I do change my beliefs when I find a new argument convincing and which is why I believe it's important to always listen to counter-arguments for whatever your current beliefs are.

The normalization of changing our belief system when introduced with new convincing information is important. Because too often people will find new arguments, they think are sort of convincing, but they decided their current beliefs that they were raised with are more important whether it's too their identity or to how they live their life. They would rather just use their own confirmation bias and never change their beliefs than use the rationalization skills that they were born with.

But as humans, we don’t only experience our own confirmation bias, but we even experience cultural bias. The culture we grew up in affects our belief system because were raised by our parents whose beliefs they try to give us, and their parents give them, and so on and so on. And the people we were raised with in school if you have a very different belief then most kids your age you'll probably feel left out and change your beliefs.

Too really be content with your beliefs I think it's important to address a few things which are that as humans we're constantly undergoing different biases and we will never know something with certainty and we should normalize people changing their beliefs with no ridicule from others for doing so because everyone's education journey is different. If you ever learn new information and want to change your beliefs but feel too embarrassed to do so I beg you to please change in light of the new information because it's apart of our growth as a human and you'll feel better that you did trust me.