To believe or not to believe? That is the question…

Do not believe in anything. Evaluate things on the probability scale. The things that seem most absurd are referred to as “Low Probability”, and the most likely to be rated as “Highly Likely”.

Never believe in anything. Believing in something once, you stop thinking about it. The more things you believe, the less mental activity.

If you believe in something and have an opinion on each topic, then your brain activity completely stops, which by the way is considered a clinical sign of death, in modern medical practice. So put things on the scale of probabilities, and never completely believe or reject.
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(c) R.A. Wilson

(for the most part posted this quote in connection with this )