Bowens fallacies thread

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This thread is for things that you used to believe but realize now are not true.

One thing that I can think of off the top of my head is dogs only seeing in black in white.
I used to believe that dogs could not see any other colors. It turns out that this is not correct.

" So What’s the Truth About Dog Color Blindness?

Having yellow-blue dichromatic vision means that dogs are most similar to a red-green color blind person. They are very good at distinguishing between variations of blues and yellows, but cannot really see red and green all that well."

Can you think of a mistaken belief that you had in the past but no longer believe?

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I had some religious delusions I don’t believe anymore.

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Yea as a child I thought this world would be filled with cotton candy. Never again lol.

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Lol. Playing to much “Candy Land” as a child, I guess.

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I believed that i had
Captain Beefheart’s moustache
inside my brain
intertwined with my brain neurons.

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Not really but I was very spoiled by my two grandmas. I thought my life would always be like that, people showering me with gifts and sweet words… :face_with_raised_eyebrow:

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I decided to be a Pope when I was a little girl.

At some point I realized willpower does a lot. But it doesn’t turn non-Catholic girls with a kid out of wedlock and wild past into Popes.

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I believed fervently in the power of the Bermuda Triangle as a kid. I also thought that putting a used razor in a pyramid shaped thingie would sharpen it again.

Whoops.

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I miss the grandiose foolishness of psychosis like thinking I am God and can do miracles etc but I don’t miss the suicidal and paranoid thoughts like that the devil and mafia are trying to kill me or a voice telling me I will get shot if I do any movement (catatonia).

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My grandma use to tell me if I kept rolling my eyes they would get stuck there lol

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I thought quicksand would be more of a problem based on old television shows.

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Oh I’ve got another one. That sitting too close to TV damaged your eyes.

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I still hold on to that belief. Has it been refuted ?

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I used to believe that someone was using witch craft and a crystal ball to spy on my thoughts and behavior — took years to get over it, and I still don’t feel comfortable, I feel like I’m being watched all day — no privacy

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I used to be afraid of grizzly bears and the monsters I grew up watching and reading about.

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I used to think that all the 80s pop stars I grew up listening to, wrote and performed their own songs.

I didn’t realise that other people could have written the song, and that there was a team of unseen producers crafting the sound.

I was suckered into a make believe world of creativity.

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I can’t think of any my minds gone blank doh :face_with_raised_eyebrow:

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Machines controlling me. Meaning my thoughts, actions, and a lot of people around me.

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I was very worried the mountains could become volcanoes at any moment.

I didn’t grow up even remotely close to any area qith volcanic activity.

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I used to think that cats could see in complete darkness. This is not true. Their eyes allow much more light to enter the eye, therefore letting them see very well in low light. They can see in low light much better than humans, but they cannot see in total darkness.

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