You don’t have to know how to say it
You don’t have to know how to explain it
You don’t even have to know how it works
You don’t have to meet any of the above conditions in order to believe something
Above conditions have nothing to do with believing
Above conditions have nothing to do with “justified true belief“
Above conditions can contribute to your conviction in the truth of something — but they are not the cause
HOW something works can contribute to your belief in HOW IT IS — but HOW IT IS is how it is REGARDLESS if you can explain how it works
And REGARDLESS if you can even express it
It sounds philosophical but it’s very practical:
The world is constantly convincing you of it’s truths
The world is constantly selling you something
When you deny — the world gets upset
It DEMANDS AN EXPLANATION
and it has to sound good and compelling too — because the world always confuses what sounds likely and convincing with what actually is likely and convincing
But you don’t have to know how to explain it clearly and convincingly and rhetorically
You’re not a fucking politician
You’re not a fucking actor
You’re not even an employee of this business of LIVING YOUR LIFE. You’re the BOSS.
You don’t owe anybody an explanation
It’s GOOD if you can explain every DETAIL of WHY you believe something
But every detail is NOT necessary
You don’t need every detail about the nature of the sun and nature of the sky to know that every early morning the fucking sun is likely to rise up and fly above your head
You don’t even have to know that sun revolves around the earth (ok just kidding)
You don’t need a detailed explanation
Saying that it is your experience that sun rises every single fucking morning is sufficient explanation
And you don’t even have to say that much
Because you don’t even have to instantly know every single WHY, to why you believe in something
It doesn’t change what you believe
Now,
of course you question your beliefs
but YOU are the ONE QUESTIONING
You do it for you
And you don’t question your understanding of “HOW” something works, and your neat rhetorical explanation,
You only question the WHY — WHY you believe something, and is there sufficient evidence for that belief
You don’t confuse how-something-is with what-is
Know what you believe
Know why you believe it
Know all of the above very well
And then DON’T DOUBT YOURSELF just because it doesn’t sound very “convincing” or very “confident” or very “sophisticated”
Convincing, sophisticated, confident words are all marks of a charlatan
(marks of a charlatan — but not the cause, obviously)
Of course be sophisticated
Of course don’t be ignorant
But you don’t need a sophisticated explanation for everything
You don’t even need an explanation for everything
You don’t owe anybody an explanation, just because you disagreed with them
(fuck burden of proof, this is not academia, this is real world)
If they really care about your view then you can take your time and slowly detail every WHY to why you believe something
But you don’t have to convince anyone
Convincing is the job of a politician, who hates the truth
If you don’t hate the truth then convincing anybody is the least of your concerns
It’s a distraction, really