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  1. NPS-GPP 2016-12-23
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  3. https://plus.google.com/u/0/b/108131621397475586556/108131621397475586556/posts/BCUuZwkDpSn?sfc=true
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  5. Seems like it needs to be said. Not that it'll be understood.
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  7. *I do not believe the earth is flat*
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  9. *I do not believe the ISS is fake*
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  11. Making these statements does not mean I believe the opposite. Only a fool would conclude that not believing X means you must believe Y.
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  13. I do not have enough information to form a justified belief on either of these claims. Truly, I do not have enough information to form an opinion on a lot of things, and that is fine.
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  15. I would rather not base all my beliefs on assumptions.
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  19. Perhaps you should question why you find it so important for someone to have staunch opinions and beliefs. Is it so you know how harshly to judge them?
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  21. Perhaps you should question why it is so important for you and those around you to have strong, unwavering beliefs.
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  23. Is it so important to you that you know exactly what side of the dichotomy you are on? As though you *must* pick a side.
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  25. Is being on a "team" the most important thing to you? Is being on a "team" more important than believing true things for true reasons?
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  27. If you are to consider this "sitting on the fence" then so be it. Congratulations on not understanding anything.
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  29. It's not my problem if you would prefer to form unjustified beliefs based on your "gut" and imagination rather than coming to conclusions based on reason and sufficient proof. That is your folly.
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  31. Ignore everything I write if you want. You are free to ruin your mind and your life as you see fit. I am only here to help.
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  35. Whenever I scrutinize the "ISS" or any other claim, whether it be "Stephen Hawking" or some incident on the nightly news, I am scrutinizing the form the the claim, not the actual claim itself.
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  37. I am scrutinizing the way the claim is presented (with a lack of sufficient proof). I am not saying, for example, "NASA" is lying, but rather they are presenting claims in the same form lies would need to take.
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  39. A lie by it's nature will lack sufficient proof.
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  41. Trouble arises when true claims are also presented without sufficient proof. In this way they take the fame form as lies.
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  43. Time and time again, claims are presented to the audience (us) with a lack of sufficient proof (sufficient proof being that which necessarily makes a claim true and real).
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  47. If you are to believe claims that lack sufficient proof you are using your imagination to fill in any gaps that might otherwise cause you to doubt the claim and you are placing your trust in whoever or whatever presented the claim.
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  49. With enough practice you will eventually believe anything that your imagination can conceive provided it comes from a source you trust.
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  52. OR
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  55. If you are to reject every claim that lacks sufficient proof, you could very well be rejecting a true claim simply because of the way it was presented and because you have lost trust in whoever or whatever is presenting the claim.
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  57. With enough practice you will eventually reject anything that your imagination can reject provided it comes from a source you do not trust.
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  59. In either case, eventually all of your beliefs will be based on your imagination rather than on truth. All of your beliefs will be based on what you have picked and chosen to believe; whatever best suits your belief bias, rather than on sufficient proof.
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  61. On one side of the dichotomy, you risk believing true things that are presented in a false way. On the other side of the dichotomy, you risk rejecting true things that are presented in a false way.
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  65. Think of it like this: If you are reading this, you have no sufficient proof that I have showered today, but I did. Not having sufficient proof of a claim does not make the claim false.
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  67. Not having sufficient proof of a claim, means that believing the claim means you must use your imagination to believe that I have showered and you must trust that I am telling the truth.
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  69. If you cannot see how your belief on whether or not I have showered has any bearing on the truth of my claim, then you are completely blind either be design, or willful ignorance.
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  71. This is a very simple version of the magic trick that is being perpetually being played on all of us every day. A failure to recognize this trick will pull you to either side of a planned dichotomy where you are easily controlled and manipulated.
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  76. Seeing as I've already written over 700 words, this will no doubt be akin to tackling War and Peace.
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  78. If anything I have written is unclear, and questions. Don't attack. Don't get upset and put up walls.
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  80. Understand that true progress will only be made when we put our egos aside and make meaningful connections with each other.
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  85. I wonder if any of this will be understood by anyone other than +Terran Downvale and +Lesta Nediam
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  90. nationalparksign’s Google Plus page
  91. https://plus.google.com/u/0/b/108131621397475586556/108131621397475586556
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  93. nationalparksign’s YouTube channel
  94. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcvNzugkHREKcFX_h1IVULw
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  96. nationalparksign’s pastebin account
  97. https://pastebin.com/u/nationalparksign
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