{"id":55616,"date":"2024-01-25T11:30:49","date_gmt":"2024-01-25T10:30:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/institutodelbienestar.com\/let-us-be-rational-let-us-avoid-dogmatism\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T10:11:03","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T09:11:03","slug":"be-rational-avoid-dogmatism","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/institutodelbienestar.com\/en\/live-without-harming\/publications\/be-rational-avoid-dogmatism\/","title":{"rendered":"Be rational, avoid dogmatism"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"55616\" class=\"elementor elementor-55616 elementor-19944\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-28f6869 elementor-section-height-min-height elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-items-middle\" data-id=\"28f6869\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-92638b0\" data-id=\"92638b0\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-24a5273 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"24a5273\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">LIVE WITHOUT HARMING! Be rational.<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6b22cb0 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6b22cb0\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-dbb13ca\" data-id=\"dbb13ca\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8b853a7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8b853a7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p> <\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/institutodelbienestar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/descarga-68.jpg\"><br><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-37021 size-medium aligncenter\" title=\"LET US BE RATIONAL\" src=\"https:\/\/institutodelbienestar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/descarga-68-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/institutodelbienestar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/descarga-68-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/institutodelbienestar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/descarga-68-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/institutodelbienestar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/descarga-68-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/institutodelbienestar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/descarga-68-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/institutodelbienestar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/descarga-68-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/institutodelbienestar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/descarga-68.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rationality frees us from the numerous and intense sufferings caused by harmful indoctrination and dogmatism. Read more at&#8230;<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: center;\"><em><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/institutodelbienestar.com\/en\/live-without-harming\/publications\/let-us-oppose-venomous-dogmatism\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">LIVING WITHOUT HARM: Let us oppose poisonous dogmatism.<\/a><\/span><\/em><\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: center;\"><em><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/institutodelbienestar.com\/en\/live-without-harming\/publications\/lets-change-harmful-ways-of-thinking\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">HOW CAN WE LIVE WITHOUT HARM? Let us distance ourselves from the Decalogue of Evil. <\/a><\/span><\/em><\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"background-color: var(--base-2); color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-size );\">It consists of thinking for ourselves through analysis, questioning, and verification. It involves recognising as truths only those facts that have been proven and demonstrated, and maintaining doubt regarding mere theories, hypotheses, claims, and opinions. It also entails comparing different alternatives, weighing the advantages and disadvantages of each, in order to choose the best one.  <\/span><\/p><p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"text-align: justify; background-color: var(--base-2); color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-size );\">Reason is grounded in a critical, free-thinking spirit, whereas blind faith rests on that foolish credulity into which we have all fallen. The latter consists of believing something without further thought simply because someone told us so at some point, or we read it somewhere, without verifying it in any way and without conclusive evidence. When we do so, we behave like mere voice recorders that register something they hear and do nothing more than repeat it.  <\/span><\/p><p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"text-align: justify; background-color: var(--base-2); color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-size );\">Logical thinking goes hand in hand with advanced ways of thinking, intelligence, and open-mindedness, whereas magical thinking is linked to superstition, closed-mindedness, narrow-mindedness, and harmful traditionalism. Intellectual rigour leads to civilisation, whereas unquestionable beliefs lead to deception, toxic herd mentality<\/span><span style=\"text-align: justify; background-color: var(--base-2); color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-size );\"> and backwardness.<\/span><\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/institutodelbienestar.com\/en\/live-without-harming\/publications\/do-no-harm-be-open-and-avoid-harmful-gregariousness\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em><span style=\"text-align: justify; background-color: var(--base-2); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-size );\">FOR A WORLD WITHOUT HARM: Let us be open-minded.<\/span><\/em><\/a><\/span><\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><em><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/institutodelbienestar.com\/en\/live-without-harming\/publications\/lets-continue-the-civilizational-process\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">THE ART OF LIVING WITHOUT HARM: Let us continue the civilising process.<\/a><\/em><span style=\"text-align: justify; background-color: var(--base-2); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-size );\"><br><\/span><\/span><\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><em><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/institutodelbienestar.com\/en\/live-without-harming\/publications\/lets-preserve-the-good-and-be-progressive-with-the-harmful\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">THE REVOLUTION OF LIVING WITHOUT HARM: Let us be conservative about what is good and progressive about what is harmful.<\/a><\/em><\/span><\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/institutodelbienestar.com\/en\/live-without-harming\/publications\/do-not-follow-the-herd-to-cause-harm\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><em>LET US LIVE WITHOUT HARM!: Let us not follow the herd in order to cause harm.<\/em><\/span><\/a><\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We all have a part of both worlds, and the good news is that we can all evolve towards a more scientific mindset.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Imagine that a woman goes before a judge and says that her neighbour raped her, without presenting evidence.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-28c1247 elementor-widget elementor-widget-toggle\" data-id=\"28c1247\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"toggle.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-toggle\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-toggle-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-4271\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"1\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-4271\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon elementor-toggle-icon-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-closed\"><i class=\"fas fa-caret-right\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-opened\"><i class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-opened fas fa-caret-up\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-toggle-title\" tabindex=\"0\">Read more...<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-4271\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"1\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-4271\"><p>Would it not be absurd and outrageous for that judge to believe her without further inquiry and sentence the accused to prison, without seeking evidence that what the complainant says is true? Let us not be like that, and let us regard any unproven claim as a mere assumption about which it is sensible to have doubts. <\/p>\n<p>For evidence to be considered valid, it must be like 2+2=4. If you take 2 coins on one side, another 2 on the other, and then put them together and count them, the result will be 4. If you do the same with banknotes, the result will be the same. And the same will happen if you carry out that experiment with glasses, forks, or any other objects. This shows that it is an absolute and universal truth, valid for all places and times.    <\/p>\n<p>And to accept any other statement as true, that same level of evidence is required, so that it is as solid as rock rather than sand. In this regard, I have bad news and good news. <\/p>\n<p>The bad news is that, although many people believe in a <span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/institutodelbienestar.com\/en\/?page_id=56063\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">narcissistic<\/span><\/a><\/span> and arrogant way that we humans are rational beings, reality is very different. A large proportion of people have average to low analytical abilities that do not allow them to question on their own what has been instilled in them. Some of them can do so when an outside person prompts them to ask whether it is true, but not on their own.  <\/p>\n<p>The good news is that we can encourage others to question dogmas. Furthermore, it is possible to develop that critical thinking skill simply by wanting to do so.  Because it is enough to ask ourselves, for every belief we hold: <\/p>\n<p>  WHERE DOES IT COME FROM? How do I know it is true? Is it proven and demonstrated, just as 2 and 2 are 4? <\/p>\n<p>It also helps to learn to think for ourselves and develop the intellect&#8230; read more at&#8230; <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><em><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/institutodelbienestar.com\/en\/live-without-harming\/publications\/think-for-yourself-and-say-no-to-toxic-indoctrination\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">LIVING WITHOUT HARM: Let us think for ourselves and say no to toxic indoctrination.<\/a><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>And to make progress in this skill, it is highly recommended to read the following <strong>free<\/strong> books from the Institute for Wellbeing: first, the adventure story <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff; text-decoration: underline;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/institutodelbienestar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/El-Secreto-de-Milene-electronico.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u201cThe Secret of Milene<\/a>\u201d<\/span><\/span>, then the action and suspense novel <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/institutodelbienestar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Historias-de-Zan-electronico.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u201cThe Story of Zan\u201d<\/a><\/span><\/span>, and then <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/institutodelbienestar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Las-Tecnicas-del-Bienestar-Personal-electronico-provisional.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u201cThe Techniques of Personal Wellbeing\u201d<\/a><\/span><\/span>. Specifically, it is advisable to read the chapters devoted to Thought Training, which progressively delve into questioning negative beliefs as an important tool for improving our happiness. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/institutodelbienestar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/felicidad-scaled.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-22221\" title=\"LET US BE RATIONAL; LET US AVOID DOGMATISM\" src=\"https:\/\/institutodelbienestar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/felicidad-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" srcset=\"https:\/\/institutodelbienestar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/felicidad-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/institutodelbienestar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/felicidad-scaled-600x338.jpg 600w, https:\/\/institutodelbienestar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/felicidad-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/institutodelbienestar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/felicidad-1024x578.jpg 1024w, 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elementor-element-43074eb elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"43074eb\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e7acd3d\" data-id=\"e7acd3d\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-eeba469 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"eeba469\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><strong> Xavier Paya <\/strong><\/span><\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><b>Live Without Harming initiative<\/b><\/span><\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #e5ac1b;\"><a style=\"color: #e5ac1b; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/institutodelbienestar.com\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/institutodelbienestar.com&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1705739656386000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0r_zOrwTRU9jKMsNGkX-Vn\">www.institutodelbienestar.com<\/a><\/span><\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">LET US NOT HARM ANYONE, except in legitimate <\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">self-defense against the<\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"> agg<\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">ress<\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">o<\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">r.<\/span><\/strong><\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-size ); color: #ffffff;\">Read: <\/span><span style=\"font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-size ); text-decoration-line: underline; color: #e5ac1b;\"><a style=\"color: #e5ac1b;\" href=\"https:\/\/institutodelbienestar.com\/en\/live-without-harming\/publications\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/institutodelbienestar.com\/no-danes\/publicaciones\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1705739656386000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1Y-BstuMG-ZGz1yLfoAV21\">other articles from DO NOT HARM!&#8230;<\/a><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element 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Be rational. Rationality frees us from the numerous and intense sufferings caused by harmful indoctrination and dogmatism. Read more at&#8230; LIVING WITHOUT HARM: Let us oppose poisonous dogmatism. HOW CAN WE LIVE WITHOUT HARM? Let us distance ourselves from the Decalogue of Evil. 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