Welcome
to those starting our Worldview
Literacy and Emotional Intelligence (version 2.0 and 3.0 based) independent study course.
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to click when ready, and note the forward to next diamond
theme, WV Theme #2 link at the bottom of the page to
navigate.
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| #1A HUMBLY UNSURE | #1B SKEPTIC |
| When it comes to knowing what is right, what is best, what is the true nature of things, or having answers to life’s important questions, I feel rather inadequate. While others most assuredly promote their beliefs with black and white certainty, I am silent and see shades of gray. I can’t forget the complexity of the world or the smallness and ignorance of any one person. I’m not sure enough of anything to lay it on everyone else. I trust not in high principles, but in small experiences. | I believe that knowledge is generally accompanied by some degree of uncertainty and doubt. I like where doubting can lead: to questioning, debating, re-considering, testing, new knowledge, and eventually to the truth. I am suspicious of faith-based beliefs. In deciding what to believe, I prefer reason and critical thinking to emotion and wishful thinking. In putting down "true believers" and treating them with contempt I lack humility and can be arrogant. |
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WV Theme #1A: Humbly Unsure |
WV Theme #1B: Skeptic |
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--Alternate Concise Characterization with Wikipedia Entries |
--Alternate Concise Characterization with Wikipedia Entries |
| can live with discomfort caused by Cognitive Dissonance | is able to justify beliefs, values exercise of reason, Rationality |
| often mentally between belief and disbelief / Doubt | questions assumptions, values Critical Thinking |
| conciliatory, avoids expressing extreme beliefs / Moderate | values Scientific Skepticism |
| realizes humans are flawed, human nature imperfect | values Religious Skepticism |
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summary Wikipedia article: Humility |
summary Wikipedia article: Skepticism |
| Numerical Characterization with TFJD code: 2211 | Numerical Characterization with TFJD code: 3312 |
| Numerical Characterization with Emotional Volatility VI index: 16 | Numerical Characterization with Emotional Volatility VI index: 18 |
Related Words, Beliefs, Background --35 entries Songs self-test Discussion from The Worldview Literacy Book
Questions to Test Compatibility Between This Theme or These Themes and Your Worldview
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"As you shop in "The Reality Marketplace" avoid
spending your "reality cash" too early, before you have
seen
everything. "
from Coming of Age in the Global Village,
by
Stephen P. Cook, with Donella H. Meadows.