I think a lot of the time "beliefs" are more about social signaling than actual worldview. Most people aren't going to do anything to go against the grain for the sake of their beliefs, so one belief or another isn't going to make a difference for anything that matters.
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Well yeah. What you believe is literally all reality is. Of course it's important. I believe I'm sitting in a chair typing on my phone right now - if I didn't have those beliefs, my reality would be completely different. That's important
I believe I'd like another drink.
All I know is that nobody knows shit.
If you don't know shit you need to eat some real food!
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Because everything we can say about reality is through the human perspective and the construct of language. We believe that this can yield us truths. But its just a belief. Our human-ness might just as well blind us to what is actually true. And as such, most of everything we think we know is based on belief. There is no escaping this problem.
Ahh, now that's an interesting idea. Beliefs are important because they are communicable. So belief gains weight from its social significance. As society is powerful then so are beliefs.
So a man outside society, a hermit, might find his beliefs falling away.
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People do that. Like kids talking about their favorite baseball team. The same focus on things that move them to the core, while having no effect on to their life apart the place they willingly give them.
IMO "I don't know" is a perfectly valid opinion if you just don't know.