How do we know what we know? Because we act with intention, this may be the most important question ever to face mankind. We live in what seems to be an objective world, but our understanding of that world is grounded in subjective opinions derived from an individually formulated mix of personal experiences; formal learning; philosophical, religious, or scientific beliefs; rumors, gossip, newscasts, and public opinion polls; intuition and introspection; and perhaps influences from what Carl Jung, Samuel Butler, and others have termed a "collective unconscious." The study of history has long been crucial to an understanding of the nature … Continue reading ‘Liberation’