Argunet Debates

Argument: Previous experience shapes our perception

Different cultures view things differently, eg the swastica is seen as a symbol of threat/fear in the West whereas it is a sign of eternity and various other things in the East.

  1. During our lives,we accumulate memories, especially during parental upbringing.
  2. These memories, by inductive reasoning lead us to assume a lot of things.
  3. Assuming a lot of things, especially based on observation, most oftenly leads to faulty conclusions.
  4. Our memories lead us to have a distorted view of the world.

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