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#201B WISHFUL THINKING |
I am something of an intuitive thinker. I can firmly believe, with complete confidence and trust, in something for which there’s little or no evidence, and certainly no proof. I can deny Reality and believe in something if doing so provides hope or useful psychological advantage (example: belief in an afterlife. I sometimes interpret events / actions of others, and make decisions, based on what I’d like to be true, rather than what is true. I can delude myself— I see it as adopting healthy beliefs which promote my —and perhaps my family's or loved ones —continued psychological well-being. I am a hopeful optimist! |
More Information About This Worldview Theme--note this table is under construction, last update: December 2020 |
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a diamond WV Theme... |
...individual <---> knowledge |
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the theme is paired with: #201A Evidence-Based to make Choice #1 in the Choices We Make cards |
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this theme as presented in older version of theme structure: is this theme new to version 4?--YES | |||
click to look at the Project Worldview Cultural Literacy Encyclopedia Related Words, Beliefs, Background articles for the above choice |
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Project Worldview authored discussion, Worldview Watch related issues, songs, etc. |
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Worldview Watch issue #63, posted 4/12/2020 The Faith-Based Challenge to Corona Virus Response | |||
Worldview Watch #62, posted 12/19/2019 The Sad State of American Democracy | |||
Wikipedia articles related to this theme: |
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Wishful Thinking | Faith | Faith and Rationality | |
Denial | Self-Deception | Theory of Mind | |
False Belief | Optimism Bias | Optimism | |
Positive Psychology | Pseudohistory | toxic positivity | |
worldview internal inconsistency related: Strongly valuing this theme and any of the themes in the list below is a contradiction: |
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#1B Skeptic |
#3
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#5A Scientific Materialism | #6A Orderly & Explicable |
#6B Scientific Method | #13 In Human/Computer Hands: Dancing With Systems | #18B
Dispassionate |
#36A Cynicism |
#46A Technological Fix | #46B Military Backers | ||
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