Originally Posted by HowlerKarma
Then again, I'm a parent and person who finds that the little logical fallacies-- even those that make some things easier emotionally-- tend to grate on me over time. I'd rather face the unvarnished truth and make some sense of it than retain my blissful ignorance, and the rest of my family is built upon similar lines.

I'm not sure that it is a common feature of gifted people in general, but perhaps it is. I have to have a reason WHY I believe something.

I generally try to put *something* in the belief void, based on what I feel or intuitively expect.

I adjust it later based on objective evidence/subjective experience, but I don't like starting with a null.

I can also *unknow* what I put there and make it a null if that will get me to where I want to go.

I think that the unknowing works better because you are expressly opening up a space, so there is conscious effort.