{"id":218668,"date":"2020-03-26T06:52:02","date_gmt":"2020-03-26T13:52:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/?p=218668"},"modified":"2020-03-26T08:19:44","modified_gmt":"2020-03-26T15:19:44","slug":"why-im-so-skeptical","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2020\/03\/26\/why-im-so-skeptical\/","title":{"rendered":"WHY I&#8217;M SO SKEPTICAL"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Why am I so skeptical and suspicious of everything and everyone?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-videopress\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"VideoPress Video Player\" aria-label='VideoPress Video Player' width='1180' height='664' src='https:\/\/videopress.com\/embed\/EA89zhqE?autoPlay=1&amp;loop=1&amp;muted=1&amp;persistVolume=0&amp;preloadContent=metadata&amp;hd=0&amp;cover=1' frameborder='0' allowfullscreen allow='clipboard-write'><\/iframe><script src='https:\/\/v0.wordpress.com\/js\/next\/videopress-iframe.js?m=1770107250'><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Skepticism as wisdom<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"SKEPTICISM\" width=\"1180\" height=\"664\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-zbfOhUsB8U?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The original skeptic philosophers were insanely wise. And what is the upside of skepticism?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>More freedom, less getting suckered in life.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For example, <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikiquote.org\/wiki\/Lucretius\">Lucretius<\/a> as one of the OG skeptics. In his magnum opus (<em>De Rerum Natura<\/em>\u00c2\u00a0(<em><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/On_the_Nature_of_Things\">On the Nature of Things<\/a><\/em>)), he talks about getting rid of superstitious fears. The upside? More bravery and courage for the real world!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For example, once we get rid of the hocus-pocus fears of death and the (conscious) afterlife&#8211; we don&#8217;t gotta fear death from a rational perspective. <strong>Death is equivalent to never being born at all. Is there a pain associated with never being born ever? No. Same goes with death.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">You are the ultimate judge!<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-videopress\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"VideoPress Video Player\" aria-label='VideoPress Video Player' width='1180' height='664' src='https:\/\/videopress.com\/embed\/t7ZnKZzU?autoPlay=1&amp;loop=1&amp;muted=1&amp;persistVolume=0&amp;preloadContent=metadata&amp;hd=0&amp;cover=1' frameborder='0' allowfullscreen allow='clipboard-write'><\/iframe><script src='https:\/\/v0.wordpress.com\/js\/next\/videopress-iframe.js?m=1770107250'><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To judge &#8212; to decide, indicate, prefer, act.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You&#8217;re the judge. Don&#8217;t let anyone super-impose their beliefs on you, especially against your own will!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">ERIC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Why am I so skeptical and suspicious of everything and everyone?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":218577,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_ek_photo_artist_note":"","_ek_photo_thesis":"","_ek_photo_camera":"","_ek_photo_place":"","_ek_photo_human_moment":"","_ek_photo_sequence":"","_ek_photo_question":"","_ek_photo_canonical_claim":"","_ek_photo_ai_summary":"","_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-218668","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-posts"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/P1449360-scaled.jpeg?fit=2560%2C1707&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/218668","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=218668"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/218668\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":218701,"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/218668\/revisions\/218701"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/218577"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=218668"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=218668"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=218668"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}