“Or should I, (the horror!), stop caring about psychology and believe in nothing?”
Though it would be anathema to my younger (as in 39-year-old) self, I think this is probably closer to right/healthy than not. In other words, have all the thoughts you want--host them, entertain them, wine them and dine them, maybe even take them to bed for an impassioned fling--just don’t marry them, don’t wed yourself to them eternally, don’t sacrifice yourself to others to them. Don’t believe in your thoughts.
The 10 000 Year Explosion - The book that shook evolutionary psychology (or should have)
“Or should I, (the horror!), stop caring about psychology and believe in nothing?”
Though it would be anathema to my younger (as in 39-year-old) self, I think this is probably closer to right/healthy than not. In other words, have all the thoughts you want--host them, entertain them, wine them and dine them, maybe even take them to bed for an impassioned fling--just don’t marry them, don’t wed yourself to them eternally, don’t sacrifice yourself to others to them. Don’t believe in your thoughts.