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by mpyne 4458 days ago
> He could work on his empathy, examine his beliefs, and come to the correct conclusion

Yeah, if he keeps looking and examining what's wrong with him he will eventually see that there really are five lights. I mean, that's all it takes right? We simply choose what to believe as it's convenient to us?
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jamesaguilar 4458 days ago
No . . . I was talking about coming to the right belief, not the convenient one. Not sure where you got that from . . .
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mpyne 4457 days ago
And I was talking about how convenient it must be to simply choose to believe something different.

As far as "five lights", I suggest viewing "Chain of Command" from Star Trek: The Next Generation, which has a famous scene that riffs off of Orwell's 1984.

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