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How do you suddenly change your world view at 50 years old

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Alisdair Macintyre

man was a analytical marxist for most of his life then in his 50s he radically shifts to being a Catholic Thomist philosopher

this isn't a disrespect on McIntyre's work, but i just find it amazing how people can totally shift their world view just like that
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>>2263297
Stunning revelations.
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he probably realized this marxism shit isn't going anywhere and that its only promotion is from his colleagues that are still stuck in the nostalgia of the 60s
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I alternate between being a white nationalist and an internationalist communist, but then again I'm schizophrenic.
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>>2263350
>communist
>schizophrenic
It checks out.
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Reasoning deteriorates as you get older, spurring the search for comfy pseudo-philosophies that claim to have all the answers.
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>>2263382
did you read? he did the opposite.
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>>2263297
It isn't unheard of. Since he's a philosopher by trade then the truth is all that matters.

I have no examples of it but I've heard that Thomas Nagel several times have changed his opinions during public debates because he simply saw his opponent's arguments as stronger.
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>>2263297
The grace of God.
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>>2263350
I'm not schizophrenic but I find that both critical race theory and white nationalism makes good points so I know that feel. I don't even know how to characterize my political beliefs anymore.
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>>2263297
Dood did some heavy recreational psychedelic use.
I know this foo, that's stinky peat, he hangs out down at the shrine doing whippets and frying is face off in the woods. We 69d at a death grips concert last year, It's how I got hardcore into penis modification
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