Whenever I see a new concept, I feel like I want to understand it on my own. I rarely read books and papers, as something is blocking me. I’m scared others point of view even scientists will condition me and create a bias.
What if there was a problem in the fundamental understanding itself?
I feel like I have some craving for trying to use my own intuitive wisdom to understand.
But I’m gonna start a PhD and I also know we all need a starting point, I couldn’t even write this post if someone hadn’t taught me alphabets.
But idk what’s this running away from other scientific perspectives. Has anybody experienced this? Should we be unbothered by them?
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No, we stand on the shoulders of giants
How do you think it is possible to learn science without reading anything? Are you going to preform the last 2000 years with of experiments yourself?
Sound like you could use some therapy to unpack that baggage. Not look for workarounds…
Humans are biased by nature. It is impossible to go through life without being influenced one way or another. What you’re searching for is Absolute Truth, but here’s the thing: we don’t know the absolute truth. That’s what science is for. Together we attempt to work around our biases and find out how the universe works. Don’t stop yourself from learning just because you’re afraid your teacher (whether that be a person or a book, etc) has some inherent bias that will twist the truth. Learn from one source, then look for a different source, or several, to learn what different perspectives there are and make a decision for yourself what you think is most likely. So long as you keep your mind open and don’t blindly trust, you’re going to be alright.
Humans are biased, period. Understand bias, control for it, be aware of it, attempt to limit it but never pretend it’s not there, that’s when you get in trouble.