"A self-reinforcing delusion operates atop of a web of closed loops of hidden assumptions. Hence if one questions everything that one believes, explaining these beliefs in terms of lower-level beliefs, and works down the levels of beliefs, whilst propagating any changes up through the levels, then continues working down again... At some point one is faced with beliefs that are held without any justification whatsoever. It is at this level that one has a chance of recognising that one is caught in a self-reinforcing delusion."
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02-19-2014, 08:40 AM
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