Op-tion-al il-lu-sions

Good post coberst. There is indeed a third side to matters most would tend to bifurcate.
'Hold', in the absence of convincing evidence, is the only rational choice.

Ok, ok, I'm ready to take this post seriously now.

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I agree that "holding" as you put it (in other words, leaving one's mind option to the possibility of truth or falsehood until further evidence becomes handy) is often a wise decision. I try to hold as often as I can but sometimes I make mistakes, we all do. Young people's minds are more easily coerced and that is because they have not learned the necessary discretion because what seems to be true at first is not always true.

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But whenever they are negative to one thing, they are necessarily being positive to something else, which usually also has a large following. Yes, they like to be rebellious...but it's usually in predictable ways isnt it?

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That all depends on the person's ego, and opinion is the same as judgement.

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Whether or not it is "smart" is debatable. If smart is defined as not being false as much as possible, then you are correct. However, if "smart" is defined to be being right as much as possible, then you may be wrong. It really depends on the person's personality whether they'd rather believe ONLY what they know is true, or EVERYTHING that they think is probably true.

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I disagree, it really depends on the situation. Sometimes it is best to play the odds.