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Amily shaw

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Can we think without any presumptions?

Questions arised from one of the conversation and a reminiscence of a old lady who said:"nobody is right but me."

Are we free of personal bias when we think?
how reliable it is for us ourselves to judge if we are free of personal bias or not ?

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    Arkady Grudzinsky 50+

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    Feb 26 2013: I love questions like this :-)

    Before we begin, do we know what thinking means? Or do we think we know?

    OK, *presuming* that we know what thinking means... scratch, scratch...

    “Trying to define yourself is like trying to bite your own teeth.” Alan Watts

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